Analyze questions that are posed for effect, without any expectation of a reply are called rhetorical questions explain the effect of this rhetorical device in lines 182-188 and lines 203-214

The effect of rhetorical questions in this passage is to encourage the reader to reflect on some dilemmas, and come to his own conclusions. The author hopes his writing is persuasive enough that the reader will reach the same answers to these questions as the ones the author is proposing.

For example, the author asks whether Vietnamese people and the communists can be blamed for not trusting the United States. As evidence, he explains that the United States has caused a lot of violence and often pushed the Vietnamese to take up arms as self-defense. The author hopes that these questions will force the reader to put himself in the other person's shoes and understand the situation from the Vietnamese perspective.

i think its the outcome of people's preferences.

the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.