The US seems to be determined to rebuild the country itself. There were many contracts offered to US companies for the reconstruction effort, but none offered to any other countries. Blair is a bit concerned about this and has expressed his displeasure.
France is bitching about having a piece of the Iraqi pie. That takes fucking unmitigated gall [gaul, hah!], and huge piles of hot-steaming chutzpah. No deals Mr. Chirac.
Whish I knew where I got this, but it rings true:
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Germany appears to have been selling technical support and components for WMD to Iraq for the last 10 years, at least. Their moral stance on this entire affair is dubious, at best. France has ongoing sweetheart deals with Saddam's regime personally, some in direct violation of existing UN resolutions: deals an Iraq without Saddam is unlikely to continue. Their moral stance on this is highly dubious, at best.
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The arab world wants us out, and view us as Christian Crusaders, fine. They need to step up and help out in Iraq. You listening, King Saud? The charge was leveled at us that we abandoned Afghanistan after the Soviets left, but I dind't see anyone else stepping in.
The key here is to make the common man in the street happy. Make sure you've rebuilt his power, water, and housing situation. Aid organizations,properly funded ones, need to step in and support education and medical needs.
As I said before, I hope that in the summer of 2004, anyone that visits Baghdad will see very few traces of this war.