With hunger reportedly on the rise, the Security Council is set to consider more oil sales this week. Saddam cannot lose. The more he starves his people, the more they blame the United Nations - which has tacitly assumed responsibility for their nutrition. That stabilizes his regime, making it easier to defy the world body. And if he is allowed to sell more oil in the aftermath of the crisis over weapons inspections, it will appear that he has been granted a major concession in exchange for his cooperation - which will encourage more misbehavior.
Economic sanctions cause pain.
If the United Nations could not stand to inflict pain, it should not have imposed them. Enter words describing a concept or keywords.