I'be been thinking about digging up my op-ed on 'pre-emptive deterrence ... Iraq, as proven by Putin's comments yesterday, was a pre-emptive strike we had to take before Saddam became immpossible to take down. The damn frogs and schnitzels nearly made him impossible to reach as it was!
US Government - Bin Laden and Iraq Agreed to Cooperate on Weapons Development
See post #100 and bottom of links in post #97.
Not sure of course.