i had no rational arguments? did you even read my eleventy paragraph post?

the world isnt fair, things arnt cut and dry, the government and special ops dont work like it does in the movies. mistakes happen, innocents get killed. it sucks, but i believe that if its for the greater good and the objective keeps moving forward, than the extreme minimal number of mistakes like this are worth it. would you have the US stop all drone strikes? what is your solution? do you want us to station a special ops team in every city in the world and be on call for any piece of intel that comes in? if you havnt noticed obama has made MASSIVE cuts in military spending, and drone strikes are the cheapest, most effective, and less risky way to achieve results. so until you come up with a REALISTIC solution yes, im going to call you idealistic because its what you are. you can call me insane all you want because i know im not, i just apparently have more knowledge than you on the current topic. My job gives me access to numbers and figures on these strikes that most dont see, and the results, imo, justify the means. this isnt 70 years ago there hundreds of thousands die in a firebombing just to destroy a factory. incredivle progress has been made and extreme ammounts of money has been spent in reducing collateral damage. before missions are launched, one of the topics IS the potential collateral damage. you seem to be under the assumption that missions are launched without regard for the potential for innocents being harmed and that simply is not true. i can probably guarantee that the number of missions having been called off for collateral potential outweigh the number of ones carried out.

so once again, until you come up with a solution, instead of an ideal, you are idealistic.