[Wardad]

Are the hard hitters held back because of the WMD threat?

More importantly, Saddams Regime displayed the My Way Or No Way attitude by igniting the oil wells when leaving Kuwait. I also find it disturbing that citizens are shot for leaving the cities. Are the citizens to be used only as shields, or will they be sacrificed in an act of WMD suicide?

examples of (cult) leaders and mass suicidal incidents:
Hitler:
He ordered the destruction of German Infrastructure and ordered armed children to the front lines. All citizens were ordered to resist to the end.
He did not have WMDs and not all orders were obeyed.
Jones:
Jones Town suicide/massacre.
Loyal followers drank poison after forcing the doubters to drink first.
It was done after their chosen life style was threatened. US refused to send social security and pension checks to "imprisoned" elderly.
Waco:
Followers died in raging fire caused, in part, by spread of lamp oil accelerant. Some doubters were shot before they had a chance to run from the flames.

Baghdad lies near a river (valley?). A heavier than air gas or chemical could do a lot of harm in a closed valley. The WMDs were suppossedly hidden in civilian locations.
Very Very Scary Scenario...