That's likely. But the UN inspectors, as I recall, and the Iraq Survey Group found empty artillery shells designed to carry a chemical weapon. If Saddam didn't have, and never had, chemical weapons, what were the empty artillery shells for? There's a major disconnect between what was actually found in Iraq, and what was (or was NOT) reported by the MSM. But I also blame the Bush Administration for not hammering away harder on what was discovered of Saddam's WMD capabilities. What I fear is that the Bush Adm. is hesitant to admit that they know that WMDs went into Syria, because that would prove that the very thing we went into Iraq to prevent -- the proliferation of weapons to terror-friendly states and terrorists groups -- was actually facilitated by the long-delayed invasion of Iraq.
It doesn't matter HOW far along he might have been in developing nukes, it would have been NUTZ to take such an action against the US. He KNEW his regime wouldn't stand against another war with us. As I said- saddam could NEVER be referred to as stupid. But his hatred, just as with the rest of those murdering savages, is very real. I don't doubt that he was more than willing to send what he had out to be used by others.