Wouldn't it be great if there could be an agreement that all states open themselves to full and fair weapons inspection, so that any weapons of mass destruction, and preparations to make and deploy them, could be a matter of independently verified public record.

Once countries like the USA and the UK had signed up to that then it'd be fair to come down heavy on places like Iraq if they didn't fall in line.

That's a serious suggestion mind, nothing ironical about it. I can't see why any democratic country should be shy about letting its citizens know what is being done with their taxes.

(After all the first people to use poison gas against the Kurds were the British back in the 1920s, and the USA used Agent Orange freely in Vietnam, with continuing appalling results - birth defects, cancer...)

"War is good for business" Thirty-fourth Ferengi Rules of Acquisition.

"Peace is good for business" Thirty Fifth Ferengi Rule of Acquisition.