Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
-LDAHL, yes, realism is important, but I lean towards idealism, and I think both are called for.
That is a noble sentiment, although I suspect some of history's greatest butchers would have considered themselves to be idealists. There are plenty of ideals out there, but only one reality. ISIS is acting idealistically, just not in ways that a Western Liberal (in the classic sense) might understand.

I think it was Trotsky who said "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you."