He's discovering and enjoying the glories of television appearances and spinning yarns on live studio shows. His latest bout of posturing: announcing his withdrawal from the mediation process between the Kuwaiti trucking company and the kidnappers, citing the "negative posture" of the Kuwaiti management, and announcing his willingness to re-enter the process, 24 hours later, if the "kidnappers" sent him a message to step back in and if the Kuwaiti company sent a representative to Baghdad to thrash things out with him (read: it would help if he was flying in with some dollars. Cheques don't travel in Baghdad).