Exercises 1 & 2

1. Read Case 8.1 (Pros and Cons of Balkan Intervention), which is drawn from an editorial in the Los Angeles Times. Use the argument-mapping procedures presented in this chapter to analyze the pros and cons (or strengths and weaknesses) of the recommendation that the United States should not intervene in the Balkans. In doing this exercise, either display the elements of argument with Microsoft Draw or use Rationale, the special computer program for mapping the structure of policy arguments.

2. Write a one-page analysis in which you assess the overall plausibility of the claim "The conflict in Bosnia is somebody else's trouble. The United States should not intervene militarily." Prepare an argument map and hand it in with your one-page analysis.

Must the agony of Bosnia-Herzegovina be regarded, with whatever regrets, as somebody else's trouble? We don't think so, but the arguments on behalf of that view deserve an answer.

Attachment:- Case Study.rar