My apologies if I sounded snide; that was not my intent.

You had commented as follows:

I see no textual proof that Lex's motives are as altruistic or noble as you're presenting them here; they could very well be entirely self-serving. An army to do his bidding for only his ambitions, the world be damned. Lex has not shown viewers anything to the contrary.

I simply pointed out textual proof of instances where Lex's motives seem to me clearly altruistic. If you choose to see them otherwise (though how you otherwise view "Jitters" I can not imagine), that is entirely up to you.