, let us "win" and take over the country and then fight guerilla style.They will need the support of a population they have controlled up to this point with fear. If they don't change their control methods, a geurilla war will be short lived, particularly if the people percieve the alternative as one that will just let them live their lives without fear.
Not to be argumentative but the Iraqi people are not going to do squat IMO to get rid of paramilitary types, e.g Basra. My point is Saddam and whoever is left could still run a paramilitary operation in Iraq for years.