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Cute, but a non-answer. A German/French company has already entered a bid on providing wireless service in Iraq.
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Actually, Iraq already has a european GSM network installed - or rather it did until someone bombed it. European companies have indeed done business in Iraq, and other countries. But I'm not sure what your point is there.
Europe doesn't chase money in the same way that the US does.
There are 6 million children in the US without healthcare - there are none in Europe. The gap between rich and poor is tiny in comparison as it is in the US.
We manage that with higher taxes, at a level that just would not be accepted in the US.
Most European countries have a CAP on the amount that a political party may spend on an election - not so in the US. Many European countries even forbid private money in election campaigns and instead the state provides an equal amount of funds to all parties.
Most European countries have a heavy environmental tax on petrol - and europeans are *happy* to pay the costs - not so in the US.
If money meant that much to European countries - most would have backed the US in the UN - in order to reap the profits from the Iraq carve-up. They didn't.
Try to understand that the cultures and values in other countries may not be the same as your own.
In some places in the world, ethics are more important than manna.