If the Iraqi population do get blown to smithereens, I think it is very likely that the survivors will not feel too keen on Saddam, whatever they may feel now.

However I think it is also pretty likely that, together with most people in other Arab and Muslim countries, they will feel very hostile indeed towards America (and the UK, assuming Blair stays "on side" and manages to pull a reluctant country with him). And I anticipate that this will result in a significantly greater likelihood of low-tech and borrowed tech terrorist reprisals. September 11th was a chilling indication of how devastating that can be. Who needs "weapons of mass destruction"?

And as I have said before, this will in my view be exactly what Bin Laden (or whoever) has had as the game plan all along.