Your reasoning is all over the place, and again it assumes the semblance of a rational plan on Saddam's part. I'll add another element which indicates that Saddam is not entirely playing with a full deck - remember how he tried to get President Bush 41 assassinated. If the plot was discovered, he knew he could expect a pounding - he was fortunate that Weird Bill was in power. Yet he did it anyway.
Everything you are saying that exonerates Saddam involves him being a rational world leader. I am trying to tell you, you can impress yourself with all the logical webs you like, but that simply isn't the truth.
Did Saddam have something to do with 9/11 - given the meeting with Atta, and the fact that Saddam has given money to Al Qaeda, he certainly winked at it. That is sufficient reason to take him down.
Is he developing nuclear weapons? If we believe the defectors and the pre-bribed Scott Ritter, certainly.
Does he support terrorism? At the very least to the tune of $25,000 per suicide bomber family.
He needs to be disposed of. I am frankly surprised by how many "conservatives" can't see that having this fellow around is not a good idea.
Ivan
Saddam has survived invading Kuwait, the attempted destruction of the WTC in '93, the attempted assassination of Bush 41, and the successful destruction of the WTC and attempted destruction of the Capitol in 2001, because he has WMD -- and because he's a wily character who understands just how far he can push his luck. He will get out of this alive. Nobody has ever taken down a regime armed with WMD, so if we can get him out, it will be a first. But, even if we are successful, we aren't going to kill him. Watch.