You almost sound as though you admire their stubbornness.

[ One eyebrow crooks higher as she regards Wash steadily. Everyone has an opinion on the war, of course, but so far as she can tell there's only one right opinion to have. ]

To continue to scrape a living out of the soil of this planet? Imagine if they were to go from huts and shacks to this.

[ She gestures around them. It's a far cry from anything she's seen elsewhere on the planet. ]

Proper education, hygiene, proper shelters even, the Cetagandans could better their lives immensely, if they weren't so set on fighting progress.