I've done quite a bit of reading, on a wide variety of military subjects. How exactly is the idea that soldiers tend to put up a stronger defense on home territory based on an ignorant perspective? I think that it is taken as a given by most military strategists that battles fought in a city will tend to be slower and bloodier than those fought in open country. I think that our experience with guided weapons in Afghanistan has taught us that they are not always perfectly effective in damaging only the target that they are aimed at. What you seem to be saying is that our overwhelming military force will make the Iraqis simply surrender. While I can't speak knowledgeably on the morale of Iraqi troops, I can say that there are innumerable examples of technologically or numerically superior armies being defeated or greatly damaged in conflicts similar to this one.