seem plausible that he was fucking with the UN to continue to build up conventional arms. there was definately not a question as to the fact that there was much unnacounted for and that he was certainly less than cooperative every step of the way.
Seems obvious he was up to something. It also seems clear today that he was not trying to hide or protect his stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons during the 90's as all the exiles and admistration kept preaching. Remember all the "Saddam Hussein has a love affair for weapons on mass destruction" speeches?
I think an equally believable explaination was that it was only by keeping Iraq at odds with the US and UN, that he was able to hold on to power by portraying himself as he did as a great leader defying the West. ... similar to North Korea today.
PD called it right. Though it may have been more a reflexive reaction based on political bias against a conservative administration and the baboon running it, he was pretty right in the end to be skeptical of motivations.
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