The Associated Press reported on 26 January, 2008 that Saddam Hussein allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction to deter rival Iran and did not think the United States would stage a major invasion.
Saddam did not expect a U.S. invasion and deliberately kept the world guessing about his weapons program, although he already had gotten rid of it.
The full article is available at: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,160823,00.html?wh=news
Soap Box Ravings would file this information under the heading of "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time" with subheadings under "You reap what you sow." In law enforcement this is sometimes known as "suicide by LEO."
Soap Box Ravings can not help but wonder if U. S. President's had a history of reacting quickly and firmly to world situations would Saddam have played this game. For example in the "walk softly and carry a big stick" era of Teddy Roosevelt it is hard to imagine that Saddam would have played that game. And now we have the leader if Iran, Mahmūd Ahmadinejād, pulling our chain to see how we measure up.
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