MGOH

"a Ba'athist revival could actually be helped by the removal of Saddam, in the same way that once Stalin's death made it possible for Communists to think in term of a de-Stalinised Communist Party."

Hardly comparable, Kevin, when Stalin died, the Communist Party remained the only political party in Soviet Russia.

A resurgent Ba'athist Party, even revamped would be as popular and acceptable to the people of Iraq as the proverbial pork chop.