Visibly, yes. The nominal government-in-exile, the Iraqi National Congress, under-funded by and unable to trust the Clinton administration, is reduced to begging for crumbs. Beyond posturing, they are certainly incapable of mounting any meaningful resistance effort.
On the other hand, the Shiites in the South continue to make themselves troublesome. Witness the mortar attack on one of Saddam's palaces only last week. The Iranis are evidently giving active support to these activities.
In the North, the Kurds have gone to ground but you can bet that the Kurds continue to nurse their grudges and await only the opportunity to slit some Husseini throats.
An effective internal resistance movement is something the Clinton administration never could have brought off. Nobody trusted him. But the Bush administration -- with a re-vitalized CIA, active support from the Turks and at least tacit support from Iran -- may well be capable of generating some sparks.
I hadn't heard of that. Very interesting.
I have little doubt that the Iraqi people would largely turn against Saddam if they could. What I doubt is whether they have the munitions to effectively fight what is still a fairly modern army.
I don't think we can rid Iraq of Saddam without ground forces, and I'm afraid it's looking like those will be ours exclusively.