I don't blame Bush from not wanting to give a single contract to France. At least some nations were polite about not helping in Iraq - I guess the French are never polite.There's 2 main reasons why the french didn't and couldn't get those contracts.
1)Yea, its the french, they wouldn't take part in the war, they can't now ask for and get contracts.
2)They have serious ties to Victor Bout, which escalates to many risks for all the players involved. A firm with terrorists ties, would never get clearance for a construction job like this.
I don't even understand why Germany and France become so indignant when they found out they would be excluded. I mean what did they expect? Liberals and liberal nations seem to think they can f*&& us and still be recipients of our good nature.