Yeah. We were also told that the Iraqi Republican Guard would kill us to the man.
Or.... We can continue to let Fatboy develop missile and nuclear capabilities so that he can strike the US mainland which he has promised to do...how bout dah?
Yep, and our unit (1/635th AR/35 attached to 1st Div) had 7,000 body bags in our TO&E with Chemical officers attached at the company level since they were expecting a large number of CBRNE (called NBC back then) injuries from Saddam.