if I was Saddam

[chequita guevara]

If I was Saddam, I'd wait 'till atacked to use my WoMD, and then I'd use them all on Kuwait City. If I'm going down, I'm taking them with me.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Flubber
Heck China and Russia probably still have some nukes pointed at the US

Of course we have.
Sure you heard about new American nuclear doctrine. Guess which two countries they going to nuke first, if Bush decide that he feel smell of danger (so-called preemptive strike)?

[Sandman]

If I was Saddam...

I'd bury all the WMDs that I probably don't have in the desert where nobody would ever find it. They'd be worse than useless in combat, and the need for the Americans (and chums) to waste their time with countermeasures is the only benefit there is.

I'd mount searchlights on the backs of trucks and use them to shoot down stealth fighters.

Get the Iraqi people and soldiers motivated! Massive wage increases for the armed forces, with substantial bounties on enemy units. Inspiring speeches and propaganda! The Iraqi national anthem from every radio station and television station in the land.

Get Special Republican Guards to pretend to surrender, before turning on their captors. That should make the American troops more edgy.

Take in volunteers from the Arab world, especially those with experience fighting against technically superior foes. Too bad they'll all be fundies, but hey, might as well make use of them.

Don't let the crusaders take a single functioning oil well.

[Traianvs]

I'd bury all the WMDs that I probably don't have in the desert where nobody would ever find it

Hmm, first of all you can still detect nuclear bombs even if they are buried (unless you happen to have a really really really deep shaft)

secondly, according to your plan, it would be better to actually use the weapons, rather than bury them... about the oil fields, burning them wouldn't do any good, as the US don't rely on iraqi oil, if you're going down anyway there's no point in putting extra resources in burning the huge masses of oil (remember, Iraq has a few hundred billion barrels left, i reckon it wouldn't be easy to get rid of all that so quickly).


If I were Saddam i'd indeed try to delay the US until they can't attack anymore due to summer in iraq (temperatures can be hell up there, don't be fooled!), weapnos would be too hot to hold on to, and complicated mechanisms wouldn't work properly in the blistering heat...
of course, if it does come to a war, give them everything you've got, if he's got chemicals, the better, he could us them, if not, no problem, he can still field a reasonably big army, it doesn't necessarily have to be a good one...

it's only needed to give him time and space to flee the country and get settled somewhere safe, it wouldn't be smart to flee right away, leaving the country to the US.. as he wouldn't be able to get a safe hideout that easily...

[Urban Ranger]

Re: if I was Saddam

Originally posted by oedo
if I was Saddam, I would immediately destroy all my WoMD I (probably) still have left. not because I´m a nice and cooperative guy. not at all! but this would maybe be my only chance to survive this crisis politically.
on the other hand, the US force is that powerful that even with those weapons I wouldn´t stand a chance to win this imminent war or even delay my defeat.

thoughts?

It is just a pretext, an excuse. Even if Saddam had destroyed all of them after Gulf War, Dubya would still come up with something lame.

[TheStinger]

I'd invade Kuwait and Saudi and threaten to blow up the wells

[Urban Ranger]

That's a good idea.