Title: Reasons
Author: kbk
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: West Wing. Sam. 150 words.

Generally speaking, there are always better reasons for the things he does than the particular reason Sam has.

He can always justify it as being for the greater good, as an attempt to improve the quality of life for the average American, when really it's because Josh spent three months recuperating and Toby deserved to go to the best schools in the country and CJ should never be left out of discussions just because she isn't as hardened as they think she ought to be.

And perhaps it's for his own benefit, because he hurts when he finds out yet another thing they haven't told him. But he's good at words, and so, "because I was pissed off that you forgot," becomes, "because it is our responsibility as Americans and as citizens of the world to ensure that the high points of our civilisation are the ones that are preserved."