At the same time, the administration's rhetorical vision of a Palestinian state, delivered without an accompanying road map to get there, appears to have reinforced Palestinians' conviction that they are justified in fighting for such a state, some diplomats here say.
An act like this actually gives them a chance to say the British are the worse sort of enemy in the world, therefore we are justified in fighting them".
Only a concerted effort by attorneys affiliated with such non-profit groups as ACORN, NYU's Brennan Center and the Advancement Project helped thwart last-minute and ongoing GOP legal efforts seeking mass purgings and challenges, justified as fighting voter fraud.
"The Kashmiris are fighting a justified fight against illegal occupation, and their friends have a right to help them".
In the case of a poor family fighting foreclosure on their home, this fighting is morally justified; in the case of a banker feeding off the debt records so he can afford a more enviable private jet, this fighting is pure insanity, the ego's survival instinct spiraling out of control.
To Mr. Barak's critics, the in-fighting has been a justified if ultimately unsuccessful effort to dethrone a losing candidate and replace him with someone who has a fighting chance.
The slogan played on a justified collective desire to avoid repeating the mistake of the Vietnam era, when hatred of the conflict spilled over into hostility toward the people who were fighting it.
