Fun with syllogisms

My previous post reminded how much fun one can have with logic. So here's some more for y'all.


Premise 1A) The United States has been victim to job exportation because of lower labor costs in Europe and China
Premise 1B) Energy costs in Europe, Asia, and developing countries is significantly higher than in the United States.
Conclusion 1) Raising energy costs high enough will bring jobs back to the United States.

Premise 2A) The United States primarily consumes oil from domestic sources, Venezuela, and Mexico.
Premise 2B) Europe and China consume oil from the Middle East
Conclusion 2) The United States, can increase world oil costs without significantly affecting its own.

Premise 3A) See Conclusion 1.
Premise 3B) See Conclusion 2.
Conclusion 3) The world opposed the Iraq invasion because it means they could very well loose the business of supplying American consumers to American Suppliers.



Hey that was fun, but doesn’t it naturally follow that we don’t actually care if Iraq stabilizes? Oh wait doesn’t that mean that repairing isn’t in our best interests?

Wow! I wonder why it’s European contractors frantically repairing the pipeline every time it gets sabotaged.