Nixon and Saddam

The gulf between the reality of what life was like in Iraq and what Saddam was up to prior to the Americans invasion is vast. Nixon found from talking to Saddam that it didn't seem like he was actually really running Iraq on a day to day basis prior to the invasion. In fact, Saddam was so bored with all of the details of governance,. There's really no way that you can come to the conclusion that this was a guy who was really a live and present danger to the American public.