I’m not talking about who was involved in the conflict. I’m saying that all of those nations, and more, had greater military capability than Iraq.

In our terms, the Iraq military was fiat. They were all glamour muscles. Whatever analogy you like, many countries would have been harder to conquer at the time.

Edit: I always assumed you were 30, based on your nym. I also don’t mean to imply that most people thought the claim was ridiculous, just that there were people mocking it at the time (and they seem to have been more righter than the official position).