I'm surely not going to justify war based upon God.

The government did not even bother to justify war, now.

But his position was not popular among Israelis, who justified the war to themselves.

They might even use it as a pretext to justify war.

The dubious information was used to make the case for urgent action and to justify the war with Iraq.

On the one hand, it justifies the war and the continuing military presence.

According to the same poll, only 19% thought weapons of mass destruction were needed to justify the war.

But it hasn't convinced me any further to justify war at this time.

In justifying the war, he created a false choice between attacking Iraq and doing nothing.

The issue was seized upon to justify the war in retrospect, and then expanded for other countries, he says.