Cut the cack, Teribus. Everyone knew that Saddam was trying to save face. It was obvious to the allies that he had no serious military capability, let alone WMD- he was a small town bully. How do we know that? They went and camped in Kuwait, well within the range of an international hand grenade. I bet he wished he'd kept the gas shells he'd bought off the Germans then- he could have wiped out the lot, or at least given them velvet pause, with a simple artillery barrage.