Singing Loudly

After arguing for 30 minutes with four other students about the options in the war of terror I am spent. I'll note that their one solution, and the only solution for getting rid of Al-Queida, is to destroy their cities using military force. People who I once believed were otherwise intelligent demonstrate their complete lack of understanding of international law, comparitive religions, and international relations in one fell swoop. Not surprisingly their argument hinged on the far too simplistic "They hate everything about western cultures" thus equating that with it is either us or them. The argument ceased to be an argument when they concluded that in the end there might be cities or cultural centers left but "we will win."

I can understand that one person might be this radically unreasonable and ignorant, but I was shocked that four people would believe this ape-talk.