A top official of the government is presenting a case for the continued use of drone airplanes in military conflicts. the official states "using drones during military surveillance missions is the right course of action because it saves soldiers' lives." what is the enthymeme in the official's argument?

Answer is "The right course of action is to save soldiers’ lives".

A verbal syllogism which means a three-part deductive argument is called an enthymeme originated from Greek. This is used in rhetorical practice. Aristotle was the one who actually proposed this and there are four of the types for enthymeme from which at least two can be found in Aristotle’s work.