Read the excerpt from Dispatches, By autumn, what had begun as an adventurous expedition had turned into an exhausting, indecisive war of
attrition in which we fought for no cause other than our own survival.
Which statement best explains the paradox in the
excerpt?
O It is odd that war should ever be viewed as an adventurous expedition.
O ltis unusual that soldiers should ever be forced to fight merely to survive
O It is surprising that the expedition turned out to be so exhausting and difficult.
O It is unfortunate that the soldiers did not have the easy time they had anticipated.

How might a utilitarian person respond to the magistrate and the mob?

Match the leaders with their goals at the yalta conference of 1945. franklin roosevelt winston churchill joseph stalin wanted to prevent future threats from germany wanted free elections in eastern europe wanted soviet against japan

The proposed downtown mall development will cause severe economic harm to our city. i, like everyone else here, am concerned about the troubled economy, and we all know the importance of job creation — especially here - but these concerns shouldn't push us to blindly support supposed "job creators" without first looking at the data. the truth is that when jobs are created in one place, they're usually destroyed somewhere else. studies have shown that for every job created by a mall, at least one job in a local business is lost. as the former owner of two long-standing small businesses in our community, i know all too well the power of these big commercial chains. my fellow citizens, we have watched this evil evolve for decades, and it's time to take a stand. these new chain stores may be able to offer lower prices on some goods, but they also take money out of our community to pay distant executives and shareholders. if we oppose what is the author's point of view?