At this point it is clear that deposing Saddam has become an obsession, detached from any real rationale.
Although the initial inspiration for the name was not based on any real rationale, Mr. Longrich said, his later investigation into the etymology of the word "mojo" — a term for magical charm, especially that used to attract sexual partners — provided some justification for the choice.
It was an appalling mistake, first of all, because it involved committing the country to a war of choice, for which there was no real rationale, only an angry impulse to lash out to avenge the twin towers without paying heed to the distinction between militant Islamism and secular Ba'athism.
Representative Rick A. Lazio of Long Island came roaring into the race for senator from New York yesterday, attacking Hillary Rodham Clinton as a "far left" candidate who has "no real rationale for serving here other than as a steppingstone to some other position".
28 NEW YORK/REGION 35-42 COpensssman Opens Race With Attack on Mr. Clinton Representative Rick A. Lazio of Long Island roared into the race for senator from New York, attacking Hillary Rodham Clinton as a "far left" candidate who has "no real rationale for serving here other than as a steppingstone to some other position".
"It's a real risky rationale," said George Sansoucy, managing director of Initiative, a media planning and buying agency in New York that has bought space in the magazine.
There was a real organic rationale for us to put it together.
It is a story of good intentions being relentlessly undermined and has a nasty twist in the tail: even the real rationale for Europe's drive for diesel – to curb global warming – has run into the wall.
This has now led to a situation in which the left has no real rationale.
Most officials in Moscow refuse to accept Iran as the real rationale for the U.S./NATO missile-defense efforts, and see them as a cover for undermining the Russian deterrent.
