rationalize

Initially, rather than recognizing it, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had rationalized that a military intervention would only complicate the situation on the ground and throw the country into civil war instead of preventing it.
Dans un premier temps, plutôt que de le reconnaître, le secrétaire à la Défense Léon Panetta a souligné qu’une intervention militaire ne ferait que compliquer la situation sur le terrain et précipiterait le pays dans la guerre civile au lieu de la prévenir.
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