in the UK we are not amused
What's coming across on British tv news is that 'our troops are standing alongside yours but we're not getting any of the spoils"
BP is also said to be concerned about share of the oil

Until now the emphasis was on the moral high ground, that war was necessary because Sadaam is a tyrant and his stocks of weapons are a threat to humanity.
(though there is, as you know, a lot of dissent in the UK on this issue)