"Do you understand how scared the Founding Father's must have been while standing up for you and me"
What you are confused about is that our founding fathers had experienced freedom, to a point, had land and other property and, as such, had something tangible to lose. Of course they stood up -they knew the altenative.
The locals in Irag have never experienced the type of freedom we have, are limited in education, don't know who to trust and the only thing they have left to lose is their family and thier own lives.

I asked you this question before -
"You say you have a wife and children. Would you be willing to put them at risk by talking to US troops?"
Put yourself in their shoes - what would you do in their place -Talk to the US troops or mind your own business?