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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (157675)	6/4/2003 8:35:41 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 164684

So, he wanted everyone to believe he had them, even though he didn't, because he didn't believe we'd act and he wanted to scare his neighbors. Sounds reasonable. Put another way, he was bluffing and didn't think we'd call him on it because 1) he thought we were too weak and uncommitted (he had 8 years of evidence for that, so I can see why he thought that), and 2) he thought he had everyone convinced he really did have them (i.e. that no one thought there was a bluff to call - and again, with the UN reports and all, he had reason to think that, too.). That second part is important, Liz, because if everyone thought he really had them, then how is it that there was this supposed giant Bush-Blair conspiracy of lies about WMDs? If that was Saddam's strategy, it obviously backfired on him - can you really call those who he misled liars? PS: I'm far from convinced he didn't have them, but while you're theorizing about people's secret strategies and motives, what is Joe Biden's motive for stating emphatically in just the last couple days that he is convinced Saddam did have WMDs?