Staying in Iraq would destabilize the region.
There’s a good chance that instability in Iraq would cause oil prices to increase.
Hence, staying in Iraq would likely have a large cost to us.
Therefore, we should not stay in Iraq.

Premise: A statement used to support other statements.

Basic Premise: A premise that is not supported by other statements.

Conclusion: A statement that is supported by other statements in the argument.

Intermediate Conclusion: A conclusion that is used to support other conclusions.

Final Conclusion: A conclusion that is not used to support other conclusions.

Implicit Statement: A statement that is part of the argument but is not explicitly stated in an argument.

Inference: A step in reasoning from premise(s) to a conclusion.

Ms. Duncan gets in early to work,

and she likes all of her employees to be at work by the time she gets there.

So you better set your alarm for 6am.