Bush’s pals scoop Iraq jackpot, but we’ve also earned a few crumbs

IF revenge is a dish best eaten cold, then George Dubya Bush is making a meal out of freezing ‘old Europe’ out of the lucrative contracts on the table for the reconstruction of Iraq.

Well, some of them are on the table most are reserved for American companies and those from countries which collaborated with the Yanks' war effort in Iraq.

It's also considerate of the Bush administration to allow Iraqi firms bid for contracts to rebuild their own country after the Americans invaded it with help from Tony Blair and were the main cause of the country having to be rebuilt in the first place. A few Iraqi businessmen may be invited to join the boards of some US subsidiaries to be able to claim even more of the post-war bonanza.