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Originally posted by CamB
You say "delayed the inevitable" - I say the inevitable was a collapse of his regime, all by itself... neither of us can be proved right or wrong 
There were three reasons - a gathering threat of WMD, links to terrorism (but not an involvement in 9/11) and "he's a bad man".
I, for one, would have considered it material if Bush believed (or continues to believe) that Saddam had a pivotal role in 9/11 ---> hence a statement like "the enemy attacked us" raises my eyebrows.
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Saddam was regaining legitmacy all over again. Heck the French and Russians all but openly traded with him in the face of sanctions. Believe what you want, but he was not about to collapse, things were getting better for him, not worse.
As far as Bush believing this or that, I tend to go with what he says as opposed to what you think he believes. He NEVER said Sadaam attacked us.