I haven’t heard this stated anywhere, but after reading several editorials, and the statement by Condoleezza Rice, something to the effect “We don’t want to witness a smoking gun where the smoke is a mushroom cloud”, it dawned on me what Western powers are really terrified of, losing power. The Assumptions: 1. Saddam Hussein possesses a few small nuclear devices. 2. He has the ability to secretly transport these devices to the United States. What he wont do: He wouldn’t actually detonate these devices in a large metropolitan area. This would be suicide on his part. If he did, there...