Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Standardizing Arguments # 1

Argument # 1: “’Year of change’ coming to Afghanistan, outgoing general says”
Blackwell, Tom. "’Year of change’ coming to Afghanistan, outgoing general says." The Ottawa Citizen 2 Nov. 2008: A3.

4 - Most people don’t see the success we’ve had already
Thus
5 - Gen. David McKiernan, leader of all NATO forces in Afghanistan blames the media for the bad portrayal

3 - Increase of US troops assigned to the conflict next year will make a difference in the war.
2 - Ranking Canadian General in the country predicts so
Therefore
1 - After months of bloody insurgent attacks, the tide of the war is about to change

2 comments:

Tyler Keith said...

it's good but on your (2) premises it seems a bit sketchy to me. maybe explain a little more

Yohanaman said...

i don't really see how the war's portrayal in the media correlate's to the war's effectiveness :s