Ya i know quite a few people who have come back over from Iraq and they say things are actually going quite well, and that any media sources you see on TV are more often than not incorrect, whether they are trying to show good or bad.
It's the media, they try and show what will get the most viewers, not what is the most truthful. My cousins husband just got back from Iraq a few months ago and is getting ready to go for a 2nd time, he said things are actually going quite well and the citizens he has come across are incredibly happy and very thankful of US troops.