In my lifetime, the US has fought and lost at least five wars (Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan 1, Iraq 2, and Afghanistan 2). More if you count the Iraq 1 stalemate as a loss, which it was by any lasting, reasonable criteria. They get justified by any number of lies or other shenanigans by Washington DC, aided and abetted by the laughingly badly named (if it wasn't so expensive) "defense" industry.
One of the more egregious ways is either believing what politicians tell us (i.e. George II) or believing that the government has 'classified' documents to prove everything. This interesting series shows that the 'legal justification' used by LBJ to justify the Vietnam War was in reality just so much puffed-up Texas hooey......
http://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/fool-me-once-avoiding-needless-wars-part-1-the-first-gulf-of-tonkin-incident/
http://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/avoiding-needless-wars-part-2-the-second-gulf-of-tonkin-incident/
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