In the Iraq war, although the US-UK forces quickly finished the battle, but far from quickly finishing the war. The United States and Britain paid a heavy price in the war. Throughout the features of the Iraq war, we can give ourselves many aspects of the enlightenment on how to further play the traditional advantages of the people's war in the new situation. It includes: actively carry out international diplomatic mobilization; strengthen political mobilization; attaches great importance to the role of the news media; strengthen joint mobilization; implement effective mobilization; pay attention to the training of high - tech professionals; insist on the application and innovation of the thought of people's War; attach great importance to the mobilization of equipment. <<