The Oxford also gives vacillate Seed, but I must agree with Art, the attempts to demonize the latest "Baddie" by the US establishment with the connivance of the press is a well established procedure. Whilst no one doubts that President Hussain's methods are less that admirable, they are no worse than those practiced by many other leaders which the US has actively supported for years.Secondly, whilst acknowledging that there are, as everywhere, groups within Iraq actively opposed to President Hussain, all non partisan reporting indicates a high level of support for him by the general populace, a feeling which can only be strengthened by the US/UK action. Remember Art, that to the vast majority of the world it is the US that is the bully.
Pete M