If you`re talking about Saddam`s “mother of all battles” statement, it was when he faced a 540K - size international force, 420K of which came out of the U.S. hide. This go-round won`t even be a 20th of that size. There`s no mandate to push his forces out of an occupied zone. Gaddafi can speak a bit more accurately about delivering hell to a small invading force.
In 1991, the country got solidly behind Ops Desert Shield and Storm, because Americans knew the mission and supported it.
No one knows this mission.
The mission is, get Obama Re-elected.