Question

Which text from Reagan’s Speech, “Remarks on East-West Relations at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin,” is an example of fallacious reasoning?
A.) "But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history."

B.) "At the talks in Geneva, we have also proposed deep cuts in strategic offensive weapons. And the Western allies have likewise made far-reaching proposals to reduce the danger of conventional war and to place a total ban on chemical weapons."

C.) "In the 1950s Khrushchev predicted: 'We will bury you.'"

D.) "Beginning 10 years ago, the Soviets challenged the Western alliance with a grave new threat, hundreds of new and more deadly SS-20 nuclear missiles capable of striking every capital in Europe."

Answer 1

Just took the test, the correct answer is A.

Answer 2

The answer is: A.) "But in the West today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history."

In this part of the speech we can see that Reagan support his argument that the wall should be ear down by showing how in west there was a free world, that they were a proper world by avoiding the communism this only to convince them hence the situation was not this great.