I don't fully understand the post about Wag the Dog but I did not run around screaming Wag the Dog so I am not a nincompoop for doing that.

If you protest the war and oppose the current alliance and the US administration you are unwittingly giving Saddam more confidence that he can win the war. Therefore he is less likely to withdraw and avoid a war.

If every nation and every citizen would show solidarity against Saddam he might possibly run away somewhere. At one time I heard he had paid Libya $3 billion for an exile deal. That would have built quite a few water treatment plants and bought enough medicine to last a while.

I have heard mention of exile negotiations with Saudi Arabia and Egypt too.

I thought there were some nerve agents left over. Thanks for clarifying that. They should be destroyed ASAP. Likewise the nerve agents and bio weapons that surely exist in Iraq should be destroyed ASAP.

Old Guy