the worst bluffer in the world?

What’s the worst way to bluff, and pretend you have something? Could it be insisting you don’t?

That appears to be what Saddam Hussein is being accused of, at least according to this BBC report:

“Saddam Hussein may have been pretending to possess weapons of mass destruction, the US Congress is expected to be told by the man in charge of the US-led hunt for Iraqi weapons.”

Please remind me, how exactly is that meant to work? Surely we’re not meant to believe he’s quite that stupid. Just because one head of state is, doesn’t mean they all are, surely?