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Logical Fallacies : logos

Developing new technology is essential to maintaining American military advantage. Just last week for example, we figured out how to make the dragon’s scales glow in the dark.

the Pentagon is being “reasonable” because it cut the pool and the ballroom

answer as to why it is taking so

long to develop the Dragon Tank:

"karate and the atomic bomb weren't

created in five minutes"

lives will be at risk!/soldiers will die!

We've made this mistake before. When Bill Clinton was elected, he canceled the giant invisible squid submarine project, and then the USS Cole was bombed.

President Obama is putting lives at risk. The only explanation I can think of is that he's terrified of dragons.

Another example from the New York Times editorial page:

The European Union’s decision to enforce unilateral sanctions on Iranian banks reinforces the only strategy that might — might — have a chance of peacefully persuading Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. If not, war is the inevitable solution

FALSE DILEMMA: war OR sanctions

If she weighs the same as a duck, she is made of wood

red herring...

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