nestork wrote:

In fact, it came out afterward that Saddam's intent was to convince Iran
and the rest of the Arab world that he had WMD's so that he would
command more fear and respect in the arab world.

I think that's part of Iran's coyness. Persians aren't Arabs and they're
mostly the wrong flavor of Muslims. They're trying to convince the Saudis
they've really got something, while trying to convince the Israelis they
don't. You have to be good at camel trading to live in that neighborhood.

Meanwhile Israel isn't talking. It would be funny if they've been running a
bluff all these years too.