Your analogy grossly fails to fit the actual operation.
Military history is replete with commanders wanting their forces to be at least 3 to 1 when attacking on the enemies home soil. With Iraq, this long accepted strategy was just the reverse. Iraqi military outnumbered the coalition at least 2 to 1. That was the primary concern espoused by all the armchair generals that were predicting defeat and or a quagmire.
Application of superior technology negated the need of overwhelming manpower on the ground.