# Saddam for a day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-for-a-day/141439>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 9, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-for-a-day/141439 "2002-12-09T04:15:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-for-a-day/141439/21 "2002-12-09T21:14:56Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> **The number of WsMD I have is zero.**

And how do you propose to prove that?

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddam-for-a-day/141439/22 "2002-12-09T21:39:50Z")

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I decide that Bush is sabre-rattling for domestic political effect, and playing a stalling game of his own to avoid having to actually go get me, knowing it’s even harder than getting this guy bin Laden and even that has been unsuccessful. I don’t believe there will actually be a mass invasion of my cities, based on the West’s consideration of the strategic consequences, but I propagandize against the infidel invaders anyway. I also keep the oil flowing to buy off Bush’s “allies”, just to be sure.

I keep looking for ways to keep stalling myself, along the lines of finding more ways for the UN teams to keep spending time in my hospitality until everyone gets bored.

I eventually die of old age and pass power to one of my sons, who gets shot in a coup by somebody I passed over and establishes the same type of regime I had.

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