But anyone who would believe that this was anything but a last-minute attempt to stop or at least disrupt the invasion would be an absolute fool.
Where would Saddam have gone??
His whole life and that of his family was based on Iraq.
If he did go somewhere else, this would only have become the headquarters for having his followers within Iraq wage war against the invading allies.
It starts with F and ends with E (wink wink, nudge nudge).