First of all, i doubt the majority of the iraqi's feel the same way.
Now i understand that they were happy when the US troops first got there and took down saddam, but that is clearly not the case now.
With attacks on US troops there, first from sunni's and now from shia's also, increasing week by week, the US troops might have overstayed their welcome.
The reason i am skeptical is because the shia's are also against US troops being there.
During Saddam's regime it were the Shia's who had to suffer, so shouldn't the shia's want the US army to stay? If the shia's want the US troops to leave, what does that say?
Iraqi oil will be controlled by either the US government or by the Big Oil companies, more likely the Big Oil companies. There is no way the American government will let the Iraqi's have full control of their oil.
Why are majoirty of the oil companies in Iraq American? Most of the foreign oil companies were not even allowed to bid on the contract there.
p.s i would rather believe an Iraqi than an occupying army personel on what the situation is like over there.
Like you said, if the US Army personel are confined to their compounds due to security reasons and don't meet the hard working Iraqi's, how would they know what the situation is like.