Quote Originally Posted by Paul Peru
Well, actually going ahead with the whole Iraq-thingy was quite excessive if it was just to prove that he's a nutter
Exactly. The Madman Theory looked good during the build-up, with Saddam running scared. A lot of paperwork and his missile project suddenly turned up, didn't they? But the Madman didn't back off, since he had the invasion "planned" from the beginning no matter what Saddam did.