Given below is 1 statement and two arguments. Decide which arguments are strong with respect to the statement. Statement: Should small countries like Nepal not have defence forces? Arguments: 1. No, other countries do not rely on non-violence. 2. Yes, many people of Nepal are peace-loving and preachers of non-violence.
Neither 1 nor 2 is strong
Neither 1 nor 2 is strong.
A strong argument must be directly relevant to the question, grounded in a verifiable fact and large enough to decide national policy. Argument 1 makes a sweeping, factually incorrect claim that other countries do not rely on non-violence; it is both unsupported and off-point — the behaviour of other countries does not itself establish whether a specific country needs an army.
Argument 2 confuses the cultural temperament of citizens with the strategic requirement of a state. Even peace-loving nations maintain defence forces to deter aggression and protect sovereignty, so the personal character of ordinary people is not a sufficient reason to disband an army. Since neither argument withstands scrutiny, the correct choice is that neither is strong.
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