Our troops are not "starving" as this headline put out by AFP(Agence France Presse) seems to purport, IMO.
AFP had to stick something negative into the story, so the folks back home in France are happy about something about this positve and gracious gesture by Iraqi civilians.
The angle I would look at is this: The refugees wanted to give the Marines a gift, and were undoubtedly glad that they actually had something the Marines could appreciate. It would be heartwarming, but not all that surprising, for villagers to offer a small group of Marines a home cooked meal as an alternative to field rations. That refugees did it is really impressive.