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Evaluate the Following Analogical Argument

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Evaluate the following analogical argument:
The thing that worries me is that we're going to get bogged down in Iraq just as we got bogged down in Vietnam. The situations are exactly the same: It's us against a poor nation that is determined to win and doesn't play by the rules our military thinkers understand.


Definitions:

Stanley Milgram

A psychologist known for his research on obedience, demonstrating people's willingness to follow the orders of an authority figure.

Original Obedience Study

Refers to the research conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s, which investigated the extent to which individuals would follow orders from an authority figure, even when the orders were to administer electric shocks to another person.

Subjects

Participants in a research study.

Arms Control

Measures aimed at controlling the development, testing, deployment, and proliferation of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, to reduce the potential for armed conflict and promote international security.

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