Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Obviously it was right for the United States to attack Iraq in 1991. Polls at the time showed that over 90 percent of Americans thought the war was justified.

What will be an ideal response?


Appeal to popularity.

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Exegesis is the process of interpreting scripture

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Marx spent more of his life in the library doing research than he did in political activism

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The most complete source of protection from other people involves:

a. expulsion of others only. b. expulsion of others and retirement from the world. c. a quiet life. d. "expulsion of others and retirement from the world" and "a quiet life." e. none of these choices.

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