INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Ed Jackson argues that the war in Iraq was a tragic mistake. But look who's talking! Before his recent discharge, Jackson was participating in the very war he now condemns. Obviously his arguments can't be trusted
A) Appeal to unqualified authority.
B) You, too (tu quoque).
C) No fallacy.
D) Appeal to the people.
E) Argument against the person, abusive.
B
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