It is so much more complicated than that! When teh Germans first entered the USSR and some parts of France, they were greeted pretty warmly. Vichy France was a German stooge state in which citizens openly collaborated with Germans to rid their villages of those pesky dang Jews. They usually reported downed allied flyers and OSS operatives. They even ratted-out their own French Resistence. The same thing happened on the eastern front for a while. But the Nazis were too foolish to see it and instead, brutalized the liberated people. When Stalin regained control, he finished-off much of the remainder.

The point he made was that people can forgive the destruction of life if they believe it is for a greater cause. If the coalition are able to convince the Iraqis that the coalition is not colonizing the State, then they may get the good will and forgiveness.

At this early juncture, nothing is certain except that more coalition soldiers and more innocent civilians will die. The goal is to concince Iraq that it was done in the name of justice.