Intell from Germany, France, the UK, the US, Italy, and just about everywhere else said the same thing.....and it was the same thing Clinton ranted about from 1996 on until 2001....
ie....Saddam and his WMD posed a threat......so how do you reconcile your belief.....??? Did everyone lied?
My take on all of this, is as follows:
1 - Saddam continually violated the terms set down, after he was driven back from Kuwait.
2 - Saddam did everything he could, to circumvent the inspectors from doing their job(s).
3 - He bragged that he had WMD and it was believed, due to #1 and #2.
I look at it like this.
The police are looking for a criminal and he's doing all he can to thwart them.
He's making comments about refusing to surrender, he intends to fire on anyone who tries to take him into custody, he's exhibited hostile behavior towards cops in the past, and they get intel that he's in possession of good number of hand guns.
When he's finally found and surrounded, he makes furtive moves that create the idea that he intends to act on his previous comments.
After he's shot and dies, it's discovered that he was just a blow hard and wanted to scare the cops.
The fault that he was believed and ended up dead, is his fault.