have no justifiable reason for the war

have no justifiable reason for the war

It's a Chinese idiom, CH ū sh ī w ú m í ng in pinyin, which means to send troops for expedition without proper reason. It comes from the book of the new Tang Dynasty, biography of Dongyi, Korea.

The origin of Idioms

In the new book of the Tang Dynasty, biography of Dongyi, Koryo: "don't kill your monarch. Abuse him as if he were a trap. The pain overflows. I don't know where I started?"

Idiom usage

As an object or predicate; used in military affairs, etc.