[J. T. Toad]

From Steve's link

"Others argued that Huwaysh and other senior Iraqi
offi cials were at the heart of an institutional deception
of Saddam Husayn that convinced him he had
a much stronger weapons arsenal than actually
existed. Allegedly out of fear of Saddam’s reaction,
Huwaysh and his subordinates at MIC faked plans
and designs to show progress in programs that did not
exist. Saddam was not well informed enough to catch
them in their lies and never sought a demonstration
of the newly developed weapons. In the process, MIC
offi cials squandered or embezzled huge amounts of
Iraqi money, and Iraq was left unprotected and unprepared
for war."

so then for all intensive purposes, Saddam, in addition to others, would have believed and purported that they had weapons in their arsenal, thus, it would be perceived that they did exists, as far as they knew, and could be used by a man who had a record of using them.

as evidenced by....

"“if Iraq had these weapons, it would have used
them.”"

he thought he had them, he intended to use them, he would have used them, and they attempted to hide them, with no regard to UN sanctions which he agreed.....

thanks Steve, your defense proves the justification for action.

I have been thinking about you Steve, cause I find what you write laughable... I can only think you find us laughable at our attempts to stymie someone. I ponder if you first draft a post of what you believe and actually post the opposite to see how long of a thread you can create. I can not believe that there is any other explanation for the logic which is applied.