Hussein Lied About WMD's

Interesting story from Foxnews.com this morning. It goes into detail about how FBI interviews revealed that former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, lied about having weapons of mass destruction for fear of Iran. The reports state that Hussein feared Iran and claimed that US was not Iraq's enemy, he just opposed US policies.

I'm not quite sure what to think about this. If Hussein was speaking the truth, I have to wonder what he was thinking. He had two options -- 1) refuse to let UN weapons inspectors to come into Iraq, which ultimately caused the US and British invasion, or 2) allow the UN inspectors, prove you have no WMD's, stop the US invasion and "appear" weak to Iran . Seems to me he chose the hard road.

George Piro, the FBI agent who conducted the interviews of Hussein says, "The threat from Iran was the major factor as to why he did not allow the return of U.N. inspectors. Hussein stated he was more concerned about Iran discovering Iraq's weaknesses and vulnerabilities than the repercussions of the United States for his refusal to allow U.N. inspectors back into Iraq." With all due respect to Hussein, but that is ridiculous. The most powerful military in the world threatens your country if you don't allow these UN inspectors to roam free and you essentially say that you're not worried about it. This is especially mind boggling considered Hussein claimed to be prepared seek a security agreement with the US to protect Iraq from Tehran's "fanatic" leaders. Again, I think you took the wrong path Saddam.

It's hard to know for sure if Hussein was speaking the full truth, especially when considering the options that he had. To fear Iran more than the United States is just crazy talk. I'd like to think that the US would have offered some assistance with Iran if Hussein would have cooperated with UN sanctions. Guess we'll never know.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/fbi-interviews-hussein-lied-wmd-fear-iran/?test=latestnews