This is playing out in virtually the same way liberals think about our foreign policy.
When this mob attacks the police, loots and destroys property and is then shot at with the resulting injuries and possibly deaths, they (liberals and the mob) will blame the police. They will say that the mere presence of the police is what provoked the mob.
There is virtually no difference between the liberal thought process above and what they think of our military presence in “hot-spots” around the world. They think it’s our, or Bush’s, military involvement in Iraq/Afghanistan that has created the hatred coming from Islamic crazies.