How obtuse can you get? Knocking down the WTC and trying to destroy the Capitol and the White House was plenty enough provocation to get Saddam killed. He's using the threat of unleashing WMD against Americans to ward off exactly that retaliation.
That is your WILD A$$ speculation. If there is anyone "obtuse" it is you. But that is another matter. The situation is like THIS: The very worst case scenario is that Saddam + OBL + all terrorists fire off nukes in our cities and unleash everything they got biological or otherwise and kill a few million Americans but we survive as a nation. Epic slaughter--Yes! But now it’s our turn. Suddenly there is no Iraq, no Afghanistan, no Mecca, no Saudi Arabia, no more Syria, no more terrorists--they are ALL DEAD. Well you get the picture. Saddam proved quite responsive when GB senior gave him an ultimatum in the Gulf War. OBL maybe crazy but I don't think Saddam is. You should think before you run with a lot of half-baked nonsense. This is to AGAIN to NOT say that Saddam is NOT involved in either 9/11 or the Anthrax attacks. I think he is.