I think I can envision situations in which the ends might justify the means.

Moral decisions are rarely black-and-white, "sometimes" they are, but often they're not.

Usually, the difficult decisions boil down to choices between the lesser of two evils, or between two unpleasant situations in which the outcome might resemble a coin-toss.

There are dozens and dozens of war-time stories with threads that run like that, the Coventry thing might be one, the use of nuclear weapons might be another, etc etc.

The real question though, still boils down to "what's the goal". 'Cause often it seems, there are more important issues than saving lives.

Yeah, go figure....

/scratches head, smiles knowingly....