Germany Surrenders
Like France before it, Germany now has agreed to forgive some of Iraq's massive debt. Hmm. Just last week we were being told that the Bush administration's decision to bar French and German companies from bidding on U.S.-funded Iraq reconstruction projects was a bad bit of political strategery that would cause the French and the Germans to balk at helping Iraq by forgiving some of its massive debt. What changed? Oh, yeah. That was before we captured Saddam Hussein. I can just imagine the conversations between U.S. envoy James Baker and French President Jacques Chirac, and then between Baker and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder:

Baker: Forgive Iraq's debt.
Chirac: Non!

Baker: We just arrested Saddam, who you've been in bed with for years. Forgive Iraq's debt.
Chirac: Oui!