Although no follow-up question was asked, it can be inferred that what the U.S. government thought in July 1990 was that Saddam Hussein was only interested in pressuring Kuwait into debt forgiveness and to lower oil production.
虽然记者并没有继续问下去，但是人们可以猜想美国政府认为，在1990年七月，萨达姆·侯赛因仅仅是希望迫使科威特免除债务并降低石油产量。