[hopespringseternal]

But then one of history's biggest mysteries will be why didn't Saddam use them.

If they exist then it is possible that he hid them so well that even he couldn't get to them in a timely manner. It's like keeping all your guns unloaded in a gun safe. When someone kicks in your door, they shoot you while you are still fiddling with the dial on the safe.

The war started with bombs with his name on them, so communicating effectively to his minions would be very difficult. He apparently sent the order, but the right people may not have received it.

[Atlantic Friend]

I agree the Iraqi Army had to hide them real good. But they had ample warning of the storm that was to hit them.IMHO, the minute the USA had more than 150,000 troops on the ground, his commanders should have kept the WMDs at hand, ready to use, because anybody who moves 150,000 soldiers was serious about invading and not stopping before Tikrit this time.

And yet, nothing. No suspect Iraqi warplane downed in a solitary mission, no SCUD fired at troop concentrations, no chem artillery shells found near the Iraqi guns.

[GigaDittos]

On the other hand, if he didn't have them why didn't he cooperate fully to show that? He could have kept his palaces and all. So he's a fool or didn't know that he didn't have any.