Saddam's catch-as-catch-can tactics mean unpredictability for the Arab world, something leaders of the region loathe. It's one of the reasons that leaders of both Saudi Arabia and Egypt indicated over the weekend that a Saddam-less region might be better for all concerned. One of Saddam's recent improvisations had been to call upon the people of U.S.-friendly Arab states to rise up in revolt -- in the hope of gaining sympathy from the masses, if not from governments. That tactic apparently backfired. "It's been no secret that many Middle East leaders have wanted to get rid of him for some time," says McGeary. "But with these latest pronouncements, some of these leaders have come to feel sufficiently emboldened to say it." Time to try something else, Saddam.