IT’S A SIGN of how bad things have gotten for the anti-war left that at yesterday’s “Prominent Citizens Oppose War with Iraq” press conference, a large placard sat next to the panelists at the front of the room that read: “UN Inspections–Not U.S. War.” A little free marketing advice: “Make Love, Not War” was a lot catchier.

The event at the National Press Club in downtown Washington was sponsored by a host of mainstream lefty (is that an oxymoron?) organizations–among them the National Council of Churches, and NOW. It’s clear they’re in a bind. On the one hand, they hate George W. Bush. But Saddam Hussein, who is quite wicked to women and homosexuals and other minorities, doesn’t make a good victim.