Statement: "When forces like the Special Operation Group (SOG) are set up, some excesses are bound to happen and some innocents suffer. But we should be satisfied with the success of this SOG."----View of a citizen of an area where SOG has launched its operation Assumptions: I. Seen in the larger interest of the people, agonies of the innocent is a small price to pay. II. It is quite difficult for SOG to get the desired result without any negative impact.

• if only assumption I is implicit.
• if only assumption II is implicit.
• if either I or II is implicit.
• if neither I nor II is implicit