If the Taliban are terrorists, then the United States are as well

I will not argue points I or II because they areimpacts from war in general, I wont ever really argue point II but this is where your argument becomes flawed. In your 3rd point you state "We project military strength, use flame warfare tactics in combat, and have several intimidation technologies for the purpose of avoiding combat." and this is where my argument will come from. keep in mind it also contradics point II.The United States does not intentionally disregard Civilian Safety;The Taliban has disregarded and intentionally harmed civilians. However the united states has not intentionally been disregarding citizens safety. Lets look to the US Rules of engagement from 1992, where it states "REMEMBER:1 THE UNITED STATES IS NOT AT WAR2 TREAT ALL PERSONS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT3 USE MINIMUM FORCE TO CARRY OUT MISSION4 ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO ACT IN SELF DEFENCE"http://en.wikipedia.org...Notice at no point does it say "Kill, Murder, mutilate, rape, assault, stab, slash, destroy, raze" all things the Taliban participates in doing. Even in Vietnam they would ask civilians if they were for the usa and not kill needlessly. while atrocities occurred, the united states held its ground. At one point the usa pressed charges against soldiers that murdered innocents. they have improved and now have much better polices and rules of engagement.Drones are completely different, they evaluate risk just as businesses do when making layoff decisions, they abandon or abort missions to avoid hurting civilians. And on top of it all, pilots often are not there and act in the moment when these tragedies occur. But don't worry the USA is moving away from drones and people do not want to pilot them Yahoo reports "As of January 2013, after the first round of the Air Force Academy's assignment process, only 12 individuals had volunteered for the 40 available training slots, a figure that works out to 30 percent."http://news.yahoo.com...The Usa has been acting to rid them selves of things that are meant to mame or kill. "the Department of Defense was discreetly destroying portions of its land mine stockpiles, including a cache at Anniston Army Depot, where nearly 126,000 mines remain."We do demilitarization at all our facilities," said Justine Barati, a spokeswoman for Defense Department's Joint Munitions Command, which manages the nation's military ammunition plants. The military has destroyed 634,206 landmines at storage sites worldwide in the past 10 years, Barati said.For decades, activists have called on the United States to completely swear off the use of antipersonnel mines — land mines that are designed specifically to kill or maim human beings, as opposed to stopping tanks or other large vehicles."http://www.annistonstar.com...Now this is where your 3rd point turns, The USA has developed smart mines, they are able to deactivate themselves after wars and are able to be located by the military so that civilians are safer."The Washington Post puts Bush’s land mine move in a much harsher light, saying it “represents a departure from the previous U.S. goal of banning all land mines designed to kill troops. That plan, established by President Bill Clinton, set a target of 2006 for giving up antipersonnel mines, depending on the success of Pentagon efforts to develop alternatives.“http://defensetech.org...the USA is in fact acting to protect while, steadily improving its self for safety and, the Taliban is acting to instill fear and terror.