"...But these guys decide "hey, let`s sneak into Iraq and fight the full force of the American, British, and Coalition militaries, yeah, that`s the ticket!" Makes no sense..."It makes perfect sense. Total terror with bombs, snipers, rocket-launchers, and hidden bombs again, every day. I hate to be right in this case, but when the Coalition losses would count in thousends...byebye. If the inhabitants even passive support this "terrorist resistance", even partly - your "full force" (planes, rockets, tanks...) can`t do much.
And "terrorist resistance" have all the time in the world to think "what, where, when", this game can be long...
Again, I`m not "malicious" and hate to be right, but IMO - large mistakes are made in this "War against the terrorism". Is there less terrorism, is Iraq better place now?