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I agree that the best of those who strive for peace feel that way, Chewbacca, but my question is this: how will peace demonstrations ever get rid of people like Saddam Hussein?

Ghandi was able to bring about change in India, Germany reunited, and the Czech people liberated themselves, but in those cases the governments were ready and/or willing to vacate power. Massive student protests in Tiananmen Square resulted in a disaster because the power structure in China was not ready to abdicate; neither was Hussein.
Sometimes it takes a violent revolt or military action to bring about change for the better. A shame, yes, but reality isn't always nice.

Getting back to the original topic...peace protesters aren't always violent towards the police. There are some people who use the peace movement as a cover just to stir up trouble because they have nothing better to do. I agree that there is much fear of the police among those who strive for peace, but there is also a history of governments being rather stern in response to what they perceive as a "revolt".