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Originally Posted by Krazygrrl
My goodness, I agree. But concerning the WMD. What happened to them?
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From several reports I read, he destroyed his stockpiles out of fear of us using their existence as a pretext for war (imagine that). However, Saddam was caught between a rock and a hard place. Destroy the weapons or we would attack, but in the process leave himself more vulnerable to attack by Iran. Keep the weapons to deter Iran and expose himself to attack by us. What's a paranoid despot to do?
Solution? Destroy the weapons but play coy to keep the Iranians at bay. It seems he outsmarted himself (and our intelligence agencies, BTW).