Yep, that's what Saddam was thinking and saying before... big oops...
Don't think so. We never invited Saddam to sit down and talk. We never outwardly softened our stance toward him prior to the invasion.
Saddam had plenty of time, plenty of chances and plenty of offers to "move on" (one of the possibly last ones was the "Belarus Option"). He thought his bluff with Russia and France through UN would work; outward "negotiations" were through "French proxy", along with private back channels ones.
Things are never identical in things like this, just very similar.