>>>Is it ironic to anyone else that some peace protests are turning violent?
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>>Yes it is even paradoxical.
>>Just like to fight fire with fire.
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>What is more paradoxical is that the peace protesters want the soldiers HOME and SAFE and the pro-war 'demonstrators' (I guess I can't say protesters < s >) say they support the soldiers yet they want them to FIGHT and risk their LIVES! Now there's "logic".

Agree, indeed.
But that “logic” has to be valid otherwise the words patriotism, loyalty, or nationalism it wouldn’t have any sense. IOW and translating a Spanish saying: “The cat who bites his own tail”