I had several relatives that lived and worked in the ME when I was a kid. One, my uncle Bobby, used to say over and over that someday "we" (the US) will regret ever doing business with the "Arabs". That their religion would someday blow up against those of us in the west. He somewhat predicted the current state of affairs.
One thing Uncle Bobby said about the Arabs is their idea of what is "the truth". Basically, "the truth" is whatever an Arab can get you to believe is "the truth". Kinda like Democrats do. Anyway, Saddam, being a typical Arab did something real dumb. He didn't understand that Bush wanted him to tell the truth by proving the truth. By opening up his doors and letting us make sure there were no WMD's. And it didn't help that Saddam was acting like he might have WMD's. He fooled Clinton and a lot of other people in that regard. Didn't he.
Saddam made a very very bad error. He messed with the wrong guy after 1,000's of Americans were killed by other Arabs. And he messed with a guy that understands that Arabs do not respect those limp of wrist. Again, something my uncle also learned about Arabs. If you are a pushover you get no respect.
Saddam played poker with the wrong Texas boy. Now, the rest of the players at the table won't be bluffing. One, Khadafi, has folded his hand. We will see what happens with some other players soon.