If Taliban fighters really shot down two American jets, then American technology is not as
good as we thought it was. Therefore, the Taliban couldn't really have shot down the
American jets, given that American technology is as good as we thought it was.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:This
passage contains an argument. The issue is whether the Taliban could really have
shot down the American jets. The conclusion is that the Taliban couldn't really have shot
down the American jets. The first premise is that if Taliban fighters really shot down two
American jets, then American technology is not as good as we thought it was. The second
premise is that American technology is as good as we thought it was.
The passage is a deductive truth-functional argument.
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? If Taliban fighters really shot down two American jets, then American technology is not as
good as we thought it was. Therefore, ? the Taliban couldn't really have shot down the
American jets, given that ? American technology is as good as we thought it was.
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