Christopher Hitchens, via Lorie Byrd at Town Hall, argues that being able to imagine potentially positive outcomes to a war three years into it, is the same as having a legal and moral justification for starting it.
Sort of: Yes, I did shoot my mother. But look at all the money we saved in the last three years because of her early demise.
Link to the cdbustard, visit Byrd Droppings and chat with Lorie about it.