I hope you're right.
I do know that countless stories I have read about our troops helping Iraqis, saving their lives, donating blood at hospitals, feeding the poor, protecting civilians with their own bodies, and many other things have seen damn little mainstream coverage, yet that behavior is the rule, not the exception.
I also know that the above was also true back when Abu Ghraib became the defining picture of our military for way too many people.
I guess we'll see over the next few weeks.