From a Wall Street Journal (subscription is required) editorial column on the second trial of Saddam Hussein:
Saddam himself was more subdued than usual yesterday, though he did manage to declare that he remains "president of the Republic of Iraq and commander in chief of the heroic Iraqi armed forces." This is more than a deluded or nostalgic boast, and is probably intended as a message to his Baathist remnants in the insurgency that they will all return to power one day. That claim remains all too plausible to many Iraqis who are pleased that Saddam is gone but are wary of helping the new democratic government because they remember how the Baathists dealt with opponents in the Saddam years.
Among the incentives for keeping the insurgency alive in Iraq is the hope, or expectation, that Saddam Hussein will somehow return to power. Perhaps the impossibility of that event will be made clear on October 16th, when Saddam is due to be sentenced for the massacre in the Dujail.
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