The abduction of 200 school girls in Nigeria is a crime by any standard. When I hear stories like this I ask, what is the thought process that leads a group to group carrying this out? What do they hope to gain? What is the problem for which, in their minds, this is a solution?  Is it really promoting Allah’s will on earth?  Will this really discourage Western style education in Nigeria? To me, step one is to attack the real problem which is the way they and other like them think. This is as clear an example as there is of the overuse of dichotomous thinking.