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KillerYoda, Iraq technically broke the ceasefire by not giving up their WMDs within x days, back in '91.
Smooth, there are indeed countless possibilities. Your possibility of Saddam being better of now than if he had given in (even a bit), seems wrong to me. I agree that there is a lot of tension in the middle-east, mainly because the US attacked. However, I fail to see how this is good for Saddam himself - he has lost his power, and will not rise again. Perhaps Saddam is one of those foolish people (like Hitler) that think they will win that final battle, and come out on top against all odds; it's certainly possible that he is this delusional... However, it's also possible that you are giving him too much credit: perhaps he's just *this* stupid; his plan of war certainly seems to indicate that.
Interestingly, all of this makes the question of WMDs quite irrelevant: Saddam had them or he did not. Either way, he refused to provide evidence, and that in itself justified the war. After all, the UN/US could not be expected to belief him after all his tricks... Perhaps it's a matter of principle too: either you follow *all* the rules, or you face the consequences.
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