Iraqi citizens, as their sense of personal safety grows, will not take up arms against the fedayeen and security thugs hiding and taking hostages in their neighborhoods. They will, however, share their educated guesses on the current whereabouts of these butchers with our badass, gun-toting guys.
The killers, rapists and torturers can't hide in mosques, storefronts and tenaments forever. Guys like Muhammed the lawyer are helping us target undercover bad guys this very moment, all over Iraq.
You paint a nice picture -- I hope you're right!
Like you, I suspect and hope that Iraqis aren't stupid -- I hope they'll recognize the source of their pain (Saddam), and the source of their freedom (the United States of America). I hope things will work out well for them in the future -- that will benefit them, and benefit us also.