Mother Of All Miscalculations

George Piro, the FBI agent who debriefed Saddam for 7 months, speaks:

Saddam still wouldn't admit he had no weapons of mass destruction, even when it was obvious there would be military action against him because of the perception he did. Because, says Piro, "For him, it was critical that he was seen as still the strong, defiant Saddam. He thought that [faking having the weapons] would prevent the Iranians from reinvading Iraq," he tells Pelley.

He thought the US would bomb for four days and then quit. Piro also reports Saddam was biding his time and had every intention of reconstituting his weapons programs.