Interesting discussion. I'm of the mind that he had them, obviously used them, and wanted to continue to use them. I'm remembering posts, when we got to Baghdad, about stuff being dumped into the Tigris, finding planes that were buried in the sand, the Russian technical weapons advisers being in Baghdad to advise how to break down these weapons right up to the time the shooting started, etc,etc,etc.
Only a fool would believe Saddam complied with UNSCOM and got rid of these weapons. The nagging fear is, where are they now?
GWB made the right call.
I agree 100%.