Conflicted priorities

There's supposed to be a peace rally in Monroe today and a vigil tonight, mainly organized by the IHM sisters.
Word is that there also will be anti-rally protesters operating under the guise of supporting our troops.
I know some of the anti-war protesters. I know some of the support our troops people. Most of them are very well-motivated and sincere. The problem is that both groups, when they have demonstrations, tend to attract people you really don't want to have around. Infiltrating the anti-war group are people who are decidedly anti-government. On the support our troops side are some real nutjobs that are spoiling not only for a war, but for a fight.
I hope everything comes off today in an orderly manner. Nothing like a war abroad to pit Americans against one another in our streets.
I have a suggestion for both sides. If the point is really to stop the war or support our troops, they should take the fight off the streets and to Congress.
If they have been doing that, it hasn't been very effective.
The war is grinding on and our troops don't have the support in the field or in the VA hospitals when they return home with broken bodies.
If this is the best we can do, we should all be ashamed and really shouldn't be showing our faces on the streets.