It was necessary to destroy the family in order to save it

From today’s press gaggle:

HELEN THOMAS: Yesterday, according to The New York Times, we dropped a bomb on a home in Sadr City and burned alive a pregnant woman and her children. How long is the siege of Sadr -- how long are we going to keep bombing Iraqis?

DANA PEROXIDE: Well, I’m not aware of that particular report. I have not -- I’ve not seen it.

THOMAS: Well, it was pretty buried in the story.

PERINO: Okay. Well, the operation against the militias in Sadr City will continue until they root them out. And that is expressly in order to protect people like you just mentioned.

So that’s okay, then.