From an article in the New York Law Journal (April 17, 2003): “The CIA recently estimated the gross national product of Iraq at about $59 billion. It’s a fair bet that the ultimate cost of the country’s postwar reconstruction will far exceed that figure. So while many issues relating to how Iraq’s reconstruction will proceed — and who will pay — remain unsettled and highly controversial, lawyers have already begun considering how they and their clients can get a piece of the action.” Wow, what a coincidence–I was just thinking the other day–the problem with Iraq is they have a shortage of lawyers.
