Hussein was very illogical, hence his current status.

As for shipping arms (weapons in general) to storage in foreign lands, the same was tried during the Gulf War with Iraq's air force being flown to Iran for safekeeping.

...Iran thoughtfully kept them...

And WMD is not looked upon as "plague upon a country", provided the country that has them is Muslim and will use them only against the terrible Western enemies of Allah (i.e., the U.S., Great Britain, Israel, and Europe -- currently in that order).

This is not granting the U.S. invasion rights, but it does grant political and trade rights. Syria, with her ties to international terror organizations, is in question. Syria must now reply, or face the restricting trade embargoes that Iraq enjoyed for so long. Using Iraq as a template, a physical invasion of Syria is still 15 years down the road.

WMD. The desert is very, very large -- and it hides very, very well.

Dan