For the record, US soldiers have been giving out sweets to Iraqi children that they themselves have purchased or have received in packages from back home. That's not to say that there aren't PR/PsyOps exercises, but the majority of candy-giving is likely to be low-level infantry grunts just trying to find a reason to smile.

Can the American soldiers ever do anything right in your mind? Or will there always be some self-interested reason for them to do something nice and some way to blame them for others' actions? If you will damn them for "shock and awe" tactics (which I will as well, btw), if you will damn them for "hearts and minds" tactics, if you will damn them for just being friendly, when will you not damn them?