As a veteran, I respect your experience, but as a former aviator with flight time over Afghanistan I also resent the implication that an asymmetric physical threat is "cowardly." We play the roles we are given. Choose your rate, choose your fate. I, and drone crews, were ultimately there to keep other Americans on the ground alive, and we deserve better than contempt for fulfilling this role. A coward would not have stepped up, sworn the oath, and worn the uniform.

Also, "there is no justification you can provide that will change my mind" is not exactly something to brag about.