Aerobic Exercise

I frequently hear from certain people who say that aerobic work is overrated in regards to achieving a high degree of health and well being. It reminds me of what I heard the other day from two guys on TV who said that The Beatles, musically, were a 60's version of  'boy bands' like NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys. The stupidity of comments like that trigger a feeling of embarrassment that someone could be so ill informed to make such a remark. The same goes for those who say aerobic work is 'overrated'.
As a reminder, aerobic work means in the presence, or with oxygen. I'm not talking oxygen debt workouts here. Consider this:

"Everyone needs to be able to efficiently take oxygen into their lungs and blood and pump it to their working muscles where it is used to oxidize carbohydrates and fats to produce energy."

As far as weight workouts that build big muscles, is that the be all end all of exercise?

"How strong you are, how well-sculpted your body is, and how good you feel about yourself will not be sufficient consolation to you if you become seriously ill.
Your muscles are the primary target organ of aerobic training. Aerobic training increases the muscles' ability to use fat as a source of energy. Aerobic training improves the condition and efficiency of your breathing muscles and your heart ( the most important muscle)."

Ultimately it all comes down to this:

"When your muscles need oxygen, your aerobic (cardiovascular) system must be able to efficiently deliver it to them. When your body has waste products that need to be expelled (carbon dioxide and metabolic waste products), your heart lung complex must be up to the task. These two tasks form the functional basis of aerobic fitness."

There are so many other things aerobic training accomplishes.

Aerobic work is essential if you want to feel good and be healthy, it is the most important type of training you can do.