>>Now, for the actual problem with your analogy, we have no reason to believe Saddam had "a gun in a drawer." We know that he used to and we took it away from him. We know that he wanted to get another "gun," but there's no evidence that he succeeded.
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>But why did he act like he had them?

Because it made him seem far more powerful than if he didn't behave that way. Bravado.

Tamar