Sentence examples for First rationale from inspiring English sources

O.K., now on to the first rationale.

The first rationale was to eliminate weapons of mass destruction.

His speech here, to the annual convention of the American Legion, came a year to the day after Vice President Dick Cheney used an appearance before another veterans' group, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to set out the administration's first rationale for war with Iraq.

The speech underscored the drivers of his inward-looking national security vision: an almost exclusive focus on the threat of the Islamic State; a skeptical view of multilateral alliances including NATO; and an "America First" rationale for hard-line policies like his travel ban, which he is now defending from legal challenges.

Indeed, the first rationale would appear to violate the state's constitutionally-mandated neutrality among religions.

The first rationale is to protect highly specific religious minorities.

But a fourth rationale deserves consideration.

Let's peek at the second rationale first: equal protection.

The second rationale of the majority lies in two parts.

When that rationale proved elusive, a third rationale was formulated: to bring democracy to the region.

When they could not be found, the second rationale was to link Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda.