Considering that's how they acted in the first place that resulted in Revan, Malak, and other Jedi to go off to war against their wishes, it wouldn't surprise me. The fact they chose NOW to take action and the action they took speaks volumes about just how desperate and panicky they were.
They saw Exile as a death to the Force. Was their thought process wrong? Probably. But that doesn't change the fact that their *intent* was the same as was the Jedi Council's intent in K1. That is, to bring peace to the greater good but at the expense of one individual.
The thing you seem to miss is the fact that I am NOT saying the K2 Jedi Masters did better than the K1 Council did. I'm saying they both had reasons for what they did. I'm just pointing out the fact that you make it seem either ridiculous or moronic for them to attempt what they did in K2, but was 100% the right thing to do in K1. That's where my contention with how you like to look through rose colored glasses towards a game you like as compared to one you dislike.