I agreed with your synopsis to this point.
B2 bombs and cruise missiles have little effect against hit and run guerrillas.
That's why we will probbaly take Baghdad fairly soon only to be plagued by months of cleanup, nightly civilian body bags on ABC/CNN, and a looming PR battle for W.
BUMP
Seriously, if we had agents deep enough in Saddam's shadowy world to pinpoint where he and his boys were going to go beddy bye that first night, we've got the intel and people there to find and kill any lurking thugs.