[Tricorn]

"But I wonder, when you're desperate and your capital is about to fall to the Coalition forces, does it stops you from trying ? The purpose of WMD is to make people think twice about attacking you, and if it fails then it's to make them regret they did."

You would think that that was what an air force was for too, wouldn't you? Yet during Gulf War I, Saddam sent it to Iran rather than risk using it. He wanted to preserve it for future use, knowing that Bush I was kind and gentle and considered him just another point of light and would not hurt him. He miscalculated with Bush II.

[Coop]

You would think that that was what an air force was for too, wouldn't you? Yet during Gulf War I, Saddam sent it to Iran rather than risk using it.

Nicely done!

[Atlantic Friend]

Could be, but I don't think Saddam had much doubt about his survival when the Coalition forces approached Baghdad, though. At that point, WMD deterrence had failed, but he could still have used them in a punitive strike.