It would be. My thought was that Sadaam might be trying to force a tactical strike on the part of the US, ahead of an invasion, which I'd sure would earn him some brownie points in the UN. Worst case, if we don't act, he achieves troop movements which won't be possible under fire. IMO, deploying the scuds, if that's what he's doing, is particularly important, since he'll have a very limited window to move them once a full scale attack begins.
Given the diplomatic risks, we're losing there anyway, I think we should disrupt his movements. Assuming GWB is going to attack regardless of the UN, the long term judgement of his actions will be determined by what we find once we're there, and how successful we might be at "regieme change". Allowing tactical movements like this, if we're going ahead anyway, can only cost American lives.
THE INCIDENT which triggered the Second World War was the simulated attack by the Germans on their own radio station near Gleiwitz on the Polish border. To make it appear that the attacking force consisted of Poles, prisoners from a nearby concentration camp were dressed in Polish uniforms then shot and their bodies placed in strategic positions around the radio station. A Polish speaking German then did a broadcast from the station to make it appear that Poland had attacked first.
This was the excuse Hitler needed to invade Poland on September 1st. 1939.