Near Yorktown in Virginia there is a monument near where the so-called "French Trench" was during the siege of the British forces in Yorktown, the position of the Regiment Touraine. It is inscribed
"Ce monument est dédié aux soldats et marins du corps expéditionnaire français morts pour l'independance des Etats-Unis pendant la campagne de Yorktown."
and lists the names of about six hundred French soldiers and sailors killed during the battle of Yorktown and the naval battle of Virginia Capes. To the best of my knowledge, no American has brought shame to his or her country by defacing it.
Nations will disagree, and friendships between them are never permanent, but shouldn't some things be above political rancor? Using the term "Freedom Fries" is stupid, but it is nothing next to the monstrous act of tinkering with historical memorials to brave men who fell in the defense of freedom.