1. If the Defense Department is so intent on fighting alcohol abuse, why does it make alcohol so readily available and acceptable? Alcohol is tax free at post liquor stores, and enlisted men's and officers' clubs make drinking almost a mandatory facet of military life.

2. All aid to Israel should be stopped at once. Why should the American taxpayer be asked to send billions of dollars to Israel when every city in the United States is practically broke and millions of people are out of work?

3. Suicide is not immoral. If a person decides that life is impossible, it is his or her right to end it.

4. The best way to get people to read a book is to ban it. The fundamentalist families in Church Hill, Tennessee, have just guaranteed sales of Macbeth, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Wizard of Oz, and other stories.

5. The budget deficit will not be brought under control because to do so would require our elected leaders in Washington to do the unthinkable-act courageously and responsibly.

The following enthymemes were originally submitted in letters to the editor of various magazines and newspapers. Convert them into valid standard-form syllogisms. In some cases two syllogisms may be required.