Reasoning with a cat

Okay, the title is a joke. I've tried, but it doesn't work, and the latest result of faulty cat reasoning had me running around the neighborhood early Sunday morning, shoeless, in my pajamas (black, not revealing and kind of ninja-like) chasing a cat who was intent on vanquishing an enemy. We have a one-sided war going on at our house, between our two mostly indoor cats and the neighbor cat. It's one-sided because the neighbor cat doesn't realize he's the enemy. He strolls over about every...