 It has subsequently been used by the New York Post ( as " Surrender Monkeys " ) as the headline for its December 7 , 2006 , front page , referring to the Iraq Study Group and its recommendation that U.S. soldiers be withdrawn from Iraq by early 2008 . The Daily Mail has used the phrase in reference the French 's " attitude problem " , and the editor of Metro used it describe the " muted " European reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden , while The Daily Telegraph has cited it in relation to Anglo @-@ French military cooperation . The term has been used in books by commentator Laura Ingraham , and academics Stuart Croft , Stephen Chan , and Paul L. <unk> and Philip M. Taylor . Ned Sherrin included the quote in the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations ; it was introduced in the third edition in 2005 . It is also included in the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations . Douglas Coupland 's 2009 novel Generation A refers to Groundskeeper Willie 's use of the phrase . 
