Call me naïve, but I know as an idealist I will rather perish with my people than compromise my principles to my adversaries. No matter how many excuses you concoct to justify your poor choices, you cannot use any rhetoric to justify this compromise. You have two options: accept reality or continue deceiving yourself and everyone else. Don’t flatter yourself by calling yourself an idealist when your ideal has become obsolete. A more appropriate term would be “failed idealist.”