Well, I mean, I don't know that he's doing this. I think almost nobody would doubt that if the sanctions for some reason were lifted tomorrow the day after Saddam would be back in the rearmament game, acquiring weapons of mass destruction, rebuilding his armed forces, and it might be only a few days after that, that he was mobilized again on the Kuwaiti frontier. That everything he has done over six years points to a desire to try to maintain his capability to conduct offensive actions against his neighbors. He has not given up his ambition to be the dominant force in the Gulf. I think that Saddam Hussein's objective, No. 1, is to remain in power.
Every politician seems to suffer from that.
And the second thing he probably wants is good things for Iraq, whatever those may be. You know, the man is not stupid. He's already received a rather sharp lesson in the 100 hours of the Gulf War and is unlikely to demonstrate a desire to emulate himself on the cross of going forward. He's been taught, and he can be restrained by mechanisms other than the ones we're using. Richard Haass, you shook your head when Mr. Peck just said that Saddam Hussein is not stupid.