Keller argues that no one "worked for nothin' in that war," insisting that if he has to go to jail, then "half the Goddam country" is similarly culpable. Why does he say this: does he believe this argument or it there an underlying motive for him to

Keller desperately tries to justify his role in the faulty airplane parts. He chooses to say that anybody that made money during the war was somehow as culpable as he was. I don't think he really believes this, but he tries using these arguments to assuage his guilt.