And what of General Georges Sada saying WMD were spirited out of Iraq and into Syria? I read his book. He seemed credible. Like you, I don't buy this interpretation which says Saddam deluded himself, but then at the last minute somehow snapped out of his delusions to announce to the UN there were no WMD. That just doesn't hold water.
2) Iraqi Foreign Minister, who confirmed WMDs
3) Trace elements of WMDs reported and NEVER DENIED during the invasion, including water samples of Tigris, etc.
4) All the intel agencies of EVERY nation on earth saying he had them, plus Jordan's king and Egypt's president saying he had them.
5) Iraq Study Group admitting they saw all the "paraphrenalia" of WMD manufacturing.
6) Pentagon-released records which make clear the "special weapons."
7) Iraqi generals trained to use these weapons and expecting to use them.
8) Thousands of chem/bio suits found among stuff taken from Iraqi positions.
and on and on.