We had to go to war because it was good for America to go to war. It was the obligation this Christian nation had to make the Middle-East safe for Capitalistic investment, resourse development, and bring political stability to the region to fullfill Biblical prophesy.

If it required selling a good story to the people to motivate them, the greater good was served by doing so.

Oh, you will probably say something to the effect that you can't do a bad thing even if it yields a good result. This is liberal left wing moralism. If you pay attention to these boards you will note the neo-con mantra states that results sought excuse the methodology involved in the completion of the objective.

Do not confuse this with the Marxian ethic of the ends justify the means. We all know that anything Marx might have said is evil.

Publius