Yahoo! News - Bush Rejects Europeans on Iraq Contract Flap: "'It's very simple. Our people risked their lives. Friendly coalition folks risked their lives, and therefore the contracting is going to reflect that, and that's what the U.S. taxpayers expect,' Bush said." Mr. Bush, you may be very simple, but the politics of Iraq's reconstruction are not. Even an ignoramus like me can tell you that. Coalition soldiers are risking their lives, so what does rewarding your rich buddies --whose kids, I'd wager, are nowhere near Iraq-- have to do with it? Not letting other contries bid for contracts, in addition to being politically absurd, means the reconstruction will cost more. Do the U.S. taxpayers expect that? Where's your free market now, asswipe?