Arab states want Saddam removed but fear partial action that only invites his revenge.

Evidence

Attitudes toward the terrorists and the governments that harbor and help them are not too difficult to understand. Saddam Hussein has made war against three of his neighbors and invaded two of them, doing great damage. Clearly, they are neither forgetful of the past nor confident of the future. Their dearest wish is certainly to see him removed and replaced by a less menacing regime. But they are not willing to take the risk of participating in yet another action that would go far enough to annoy him but not far enough to remove him, and would leave them to face his inevitable revenge. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1764

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Neighbors want Saddam removed but fear half-hearted intervention; Neighboring states fear partial intervention against Saddam more than his reign — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1764; Middle East allies fear genuine democracy more than Saddam’s removal (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Neighbors want Saddam removed but fear half-hearted intervention; Neighboring states fear partial intervention against Saddam more than his reign — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 1764; Middle East allies fear genuine democracy more than Saddam’s removal (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Neighboring states fear partial intervention against Saddam more than his reign #expands (0.95) — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1764
• Middle East allies fear genuine democracy more than Saddam’s removal #complicates (0.75)