In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine the neutral choice based on your inference from the statement and your commonsense knowledge. The neutral choice is a sentence that neither agrees nor disagrees with the statement. Indicate your answer as '1', '2', or '3', corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence. If sentence X agrees with sentence Y, one's correctness follows from the other one. If sentence X disagrees with sentence Y, they can not be correct at the same time.

Statement: as as we did and as we sold arms to  pardon me to Iraq when we wanted them to fight Iran and then uh and then it turned around and Choices: 1. The Iraqis were unable to engage Iran effectively since they don't have arms. 2. Iraq was sold arms so that they could fight Iran. 3. As it turned out, this was a huge mistake.
3

Statement: but he's i don't know uh he's much much much more so It's sort of interesting though because he does bring a a much um different perspective with all the Gulf goings on um Choices: 1. It's worth listening to his opinions on the Gulf. 2. He spouts the same old same old about the Gulf goings on. 3. He brings a much different perspective on the Gulf situation.
1

Statement: A WP front-page piece reveals that even though the B2 stealth bomber is the most expensive aircraft ever built ($2 billion a copy), and could drop large numbers of bunker buster bombs on Iraq without ever setting foot on skittish Arab runways, it's not likely to see action over Iraq. Choices: 1. The B2 bomber is too expensive, and doesn't perform well enough to be used.  2. The B2 bomber is considered too valuable to see action in Iraq. 3. The B2 bomber is the most expensive aircraft ever built, but will not likely see action in Iraq.

2