When a conservative talks of GWB and the folks he brought into government with him squandering opportunities I always wonder what that critic thinks of Dennis Hastert, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Arlen Specter, John Warner, Ted Stevens, etc., etc. I believe that anyone who attributes all of the Republican Party's many present failings to GWB alone (or even primarily) is simply not a serious observer of the current situation.
Well as far as this one article goes, by far the most important takeaway is that Saddam would NEVER willingly give up his WMD and especially his nuke aspirations; he would immediately resume research and production at the earliest possible date. His deception programs may have (successfully) led outsiders to believe he had a lot more going on in the WMD dept. because he wanted to keep Iran fooled.... but can anyone seriously doubt that he would have resumed WMD development and production at the earliest possible moment?? One clear finding of the post-war reports was that Saddam’s regime did take care to maintain “rapid build” capabilities for both chem and bio weapons, so that at any moment after sanctions were ended Saddam would have been back in business within 6 months or less.
The fact that he confirmed to this FBI agent that he would have pursued nukes again at the earliest possible date means it was well worth taking him out (NOT that the war was only about WMDs, as the dishonest ‘RATs have since pretended was the case).