O'Sullivan's Reasonable Hypothesis

John O'Sullivan opines that Saddam's Baath loyalist thugs will dissipate when the regime cracks and the fear of retribution shared by ordinary Iraqis is gone. Simultaneously, the power of the ruling Baath party will evaporate. This may be so, but threats of suicide bombings by the radical Islamists may be a painful harrassment. Certainly, more 'civilians' will be killed.