When asked how to address the militaristic ambitions of North Korea, two Republican senators said we should drop bombs on Pyongyang, and a third said we should invade. The obvious conclusion is that Republicans are all a bunch of war mongers.
A) Inductive, strong.
B) Deductive, invalid.
C) Inductive, cogent.
D) Deductive, valid.
E) Inductive, weak.

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The argument is using an inductive reasoning by taking a specific incident involving three Republican senators and generalizing it to all Republicans. However, this argument is weak as it ignores the opinions of other Republicans and assumes that their views on North Korea are homogenous.

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