So all the Iraqi's just ran over then instantly froze like statues with their thumbs up their asses refusing to come any closer to what rightfully didn't belong to them? Not a single one tried to take anything? That's your story?
And yes, considering the entire country of Iraq was at WAR with the US (and i consider that when a country declares war on another, to the vast majority of the other country's population, they are at war with the declarer as well), just a few months ago...
Then yes i believe that I can safely sumize that they have the same status as escaped criminals, they were once dangerous people before(as members of a country at war with the US)....and now.....we can't be sure they're not STILL dangerous people....So my analogy was fitting.
And lastly, you can't go around everywhere pretending everyone is innocent and nice until you personally prove them guilty. Sometimes you have to watch out for yourself and others based off past experience.
What would you do if you were in Vietnam and saw those kids that kept running into american camps with concealed grenades and blowing themselves up killing many of your friends at once. If you saw it happen a couple of times.....watched your friends die to it.....then later saw another vietnamese kid sprinting up to your tent, would you shoot that kid?
And it's the same reaction to it as back then. When those soldiers got home they were blamed and persecuted and exiled for just those kinds of actions, done to protect themselves while being trapped in a very hostile and confusing environment.