The French are washing away American blood (probably with Evian) trying to find the money:

Worried it could be shut out of business deals in postwar Iraq, France is drawing up plans to win French companies access to lucrative oil and reconstruction contracts, officials said Tuesday.


The government is determined that French companies will be part of rebuilding Iraq, despite President Jacques Chirac's vigorous opposition to the war, a Finance Ministry official said.


Gilles Munier, an executive board member of the French-Iraq Association for Economic Cooperation, said business leaders and government representatives were studying how to gain a foothold in postwar Iraq.

French industry has no shot at any contracts in Iraq. This is Chiracs worst nightmare. The more the media reports how badly the war is going, the more the Brit, Aussie, and US citizens will realize the how difficult this truly is. When Baghdad is taken after a brutal fight, the French will look worse than ever, and popular opinion will turn against the Gauls more so than at present.

We will find incriminating evidence against France, Germany, and Russia that will be embarrassing, but more important will galvanize the Allies against any French entree into Iraq.

(Unforgivingly stolen from Sgt. Stryker)