If the mob decides "democratically" to spit on returning soldiers they will do it. It wouldn't be the first time these protestors (many in their 50s) spit on people they didn't agree with (some have even done so during this war's protests).
Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders is among the traitors who has said she will cheer for Iraqi victories against American troops.
I've heard from leftists who are say they are disgusted to see the American flag (not how it is used, just seeing it period). I have heard from leftists who said that they want to see the members of this administration dead; not by any stated action, just dead. They should realize that their statements put them to a farther extreme than those "extreme right wingers" that disliked JFK in the 1960s. They ARE anti-American. One can dislike the current administration but accept that this is the administration that we have. Conservatives had to grin and bear it through 8 years of Bubba Clinton's co-presidency with the un-elected Hillary Clinton. We still said "President" Clinton even though we had no respect for the man, we still respected the office. We were disgusted with what he did with the office (physically and in terms of power). Now we can call him impeached president Clinton but he was permitted to stay in office (and retain his tax payer benefits for life). There were calls to censure him but the Rats dropped that line when he was no longer in threat of being removed from office. Why hasn't the left called for censuring Saddam Hussein?
The left doesn't hold respect for America's political system and symbols. They ARE NOT patriotic. They live for the here and now and to get what they can.
The Leftists are nicely separating themselves from the Liberals. The more disgusting they become, the more some Liberals will review their own positions. Because they will be going - "I'm not like those a--holes!"