Honestly Saddam is coming across as kinda reasonable and level-headed in this conflict. . He is smart enough to listen to the Soviets at least.
Let's hope he isn't going to call his cousin Ali during the conflict
Saddam would be a lot less reasonable if Israel was immediately next door to him, I'll guarantee you that.That was actually on my mind when reading the last update. I don't think Saddam has the missile capacity at that point to launch the attacks he did during the Gulf War.
And I believe you're right - the SCUD capabilities were really a byproduct of the massive arms shipments for Iran-Iraq.