I agree and I can't imagine they didn't have satellites trained on the countryside -- I've also wondered why we didn't intercept those trucks that kept moving in and out of Syria during that time.
I think it is because of who was driving those trucks, or at the very least, helping out (Germans, French & Russians). We didn't want to escalate an already volatile situation by creating an international incident with so-called "allies." Overall, I think Bush was just trying to buy time -- can't blame him for that as long as he knows the truth about the turncoats. I have seen pictures of inside a nuclear sub owned by Pakistan and all the crew were big blonde haired fair-skinned guys (Russians?). Hmmmm