Identify the sentence that least likely supports the main idea of the passage. A.
sentence 3
B.
sentence 2
C.
sentence 4
D.
sentence 6

(1) Forests are filled with an incredible array of wildlife. (2) On the forest floor a close look will reveal an army of insects that thrives on the dead leaves and branches that have fallen. (3) Mushrooms, fungi, and moss can also be seen in this part of the forest community. (4) Of course, there are many varieties of animals that inhabit the forest as well. (5) You might spot a small animal like a raccoon as well as a larger animal like a deer. (6) Our forests are sometimes threatened by fires during the dry months of the year.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

absolutism the political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.