Contributions to relief organizations are often wasted. Food sent to war-torn countries rarely reaches its destination, because food distribution is controlled by the warring groups, and 4 these groups sell the food to buy weapons and ammunition.

The following arguments were abstracted from newspaper articles, editorials, and letters to the editor. Use the method presented in this section to construct argument patterns. If a statement is redundant or plays no role in the argument, do not include it in the pattern.