Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Common sense ought to always trump everything else.

I don't care what the "facts" said one way or another - or if the information was bad or not.

Common sense suggests that even if Suddam didn't have these weapons - he needed to posture as though he did for the security of his own Government.
There is no way in hell Suddam, or anyone in his Govt really could have believed we would invade him.
Put yourself in his head - Suddam and his Baath party stand for mostly everything bin Laden hates - bin Laden attacks America - how would that enemy on enemy attack logically trigger America to invade Iraq? It doesn't make sense to him.

Obviously, Hussein thought America was just using 9/11 as an excuse to further crack down on him....but that they obviously wouldn't invade.

If he thinks that - he has to state publicly that he doesn't have anything and know that no one trusts his words. However, it is important that he must posture with his actions to suggest he does have something.

You can't expect a guy in his position, who doesn't believe his country will be invaded by us, to want it proven that he has nothing in the way of force to defend himself against other threats in the region.

Once again - everyone gets all caught up in things like facts, expert knowledge, past occurrences etc. - when you simply need only read up on the person and his situation, put yourself in his shoes, and use common sense.