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Critical Analysis of U.S. Intervention in the Balkans: A Strategic and Ethical Evaluation

Review of U.S. intervention in the Balkans from a strategic perspective.

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    ARGUMENT MAPPING 1 Critical Analysis of U.S. Intervention in the Balkans: A Strategic and Ethical Evaluation ARGUMENT MAPPING Week 3 Assignment # 1 Joseph Brown Dr. Richard Freeman PAD - 520 April 23 , 2013 Create an argument map based on the influence diagram presented in Case 1.3 and complete all the criteria provided in the exercise, beginning with this claim: “The U.S. should return to the 55 - mph speed limit in order to conserve fuel and save lives.” “ The law was a response to the 1973 oil embargo, and its intent was to reduce fuel consumption. In the year after the National Maximum Speed Law was enacted, road fatalities declined 16.4%, from 54052 in 1973 to 45196 in 1974 ” ( Friedman & Hedeker , 2009). In 1974, the federal government passed the National Maximum Speed Law, which restricted the maximum permissible vehicle speed limit to 55 miles per hour (mph) on all intersta te roads in the United States. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “y ou can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 50 mph is like paying an addi tional $0.25 per gallon for gas, in additional; driving each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed; gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 50 mph”. Aggressive driving to incudes; speeding, rapid acceleration and

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    ARGUMENT MAPPING 2 braking wastes gas . Sensible driving can lower your gas mileage and also safer for you and others, so you may save more than gas money. Some studies show that drivers are changing their habits or lifestyle in a number of ways to offset gas prices. According to an AAA national s urvey of 1,011 adults in March, consumers reported changing thei r habits in the following ways: 86% D riving less, 54% driving a more fuel - efficient cars, 33 % carpooling, and 15% using public transportation. U.S. gasoline demand has been relatively low at about 8.3 million barrels a day recently, compared with a more typical 9 million barrels per day, said John Zehler Jr., president of Virginia Fuels Inc. of Mech anicsville, a fuels distributor. One expert says reducing highway speeds from 70 mph to 60 mph would reduce gasoline consumption between 2% and 3%. That could translate into a price reduction of as much as 10%. At today's price, almost 38 cents a gallon. But on the other hand, James Baxter is opposing such. Mr.s Baxter is currently the president of the National Motorists Association, which lobbies to preserve the rights of drivers. According to him, Cars going 55 mph get noticeably better mileage than cars going 75 mph. With arbitrary, low, speed limits, that advantage is reduced by interrupted traffic flow, darting, weaving, braking, and accelerating as faster traffic beats its way through slower traffic scattered across all lanes of the highway. Compare this with a highway with a more reasonable and accommodating speed limit where the traffic moves more in sync and there is less braking and accelerating and the slower traffic stays out of the left - most passing lane.

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