[cookcounty]

"Yep, used some on the Kurds and then destroyed the rest."

(response): "If this is true, then it's quite odd that he didn't just document that destruction for the UN and save his own ass, and power, and sons. Instead, he let the details of the WMD-destruction be a mystery to us.

I keep going back and forth on this. Maybe Saddam wanted us to believe he had WMD because he calculated that our belief in his "WMD" would deter us. Saddam has made plenty of miscalculations in his life.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Maybe Saddam wanted us to believe he had WMD because he calculated that our belief in his "WMD" would deter us.

Yep, this is the most plausible explanation if he destroyed the WMD but didn't prove it. In which case, again, all I can say is: he sure fooled us. Good one, Saddam!

[RobbyS]

If he was bluffing, then his bluff was called, nicht wahr? But I think he was depending on France to stop any military action.