Not trying to. My assertion, provided the evidence I've seen, is that Saddam was putting on a show of strength to keep Iran off his ass. He took a calculated risk that the US would not attack without actual evidence of WMD. Obviously he didn't realize who was running our country at the time.
Lacking actual concrete evidence, the following was either manufactured or given very little investigation:
- Claims of mobile WMD-producing labs hidden within traveling semis
- Claims of yellowcake uranium sales from Nigeria
- Claims of biological weapons actively being distributed to Iraqi troops
- Claims of missiles armed with biological weapons
- Claims that Iraq had secretly reconstituted its nuclear weapons program
- Claims that Iraq was actively supporting Al Qaeda
If these claims proved true, the case for war is solid and our cause would be just. As we all know now, NONE of these panned out. America was duped and if you should be pissed about it.