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Originally Posted by Platapus
As he and the world learned, bluffing like that can have "unintended consequences"
Reminds me of the quote from "Hunt for Red October"
When bluffing it is very important to understand who you are bluffing and how they are likely to react.
Saddam choose unwisely  |
Please, the unintended consequences were not unintended at all.
America would have invaded Iraq no matter what. Even if Saddam had cried to the world that he didn't have WMD, the american administration would have invaded on the grounds that Saddam helped terrorists or some other fancy excuse. The war on Iraq was waged on a nonexistant casus belli.