I'm not going to go for detailed arguments , but I'd like to point couple of facts ...
The main excuse and justification used by Bush N Blair to go for this war was the WMDs Saddam's regiem was claimed to have, based on fabricated intelegence reports and so ... I'm still wondering why couldn't they fabricate captured WMDs in Iraq too , now that they're already there and in full control ... It would have looked a little nicer , wouldn't it !!
Now UK's foriegn minister says that Saddam would have stayed in power if he showed cooperation like Lybian leader, so it's not about the brutality of the regiem then , yeah?
It's the goddamn $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
One thing you guys won't understand , which is the downfall of the words Western "Occupation" & "colonialism" on arab ears ... The middle east suffered (and still is) from western colonialism for centuries (about two milleniums for separate periods ) .
That's why I highly doubt that the Iraqi resistance would stop before the occupying forces leave .