2002 Iraq War Rhetorical Analysis

In 2004, Obama walked up to the podium at the Democratic National Convention as a political novelty. The speech he delivered established Obama as a natural leader and transformed him into a future presidential candidate. Rich in demonstrative rhetoric, its purpose was to unite the American people through nationalism. The exploration of his rhetoric and style throughout this paper will cement why the speech was beneficially identity transforming for Obama's political career.

On September 11th, 2001, tragedy struck America with the attacks on the Twin Towers and on the Pentagon. Not only did tens of thousands of New Yorkers see these atrocities firsthand but, millions of viewers watched in horror on the news; witnessing their nation under attack. Hundreds of terrified civilians ran from the carnage, however there were some who ran toward the collapsing buildings to save innocent lives. President George W. Bush stood with the fire fighters, the police and other first responders holding the flag of his nation and gave his address to the mourning citizens of the United States. He mainly used the strategies of ethos and pathos to try to comfort the American people and also have them rise and fight against the terror.

Following the 9/11 attack in America, Bush declares Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda as the enemy. Bush clearly states that the 9/11 attacks were an initiative action of war and coins the term, “War on Terror” which has developed and is also adaptable with other terms, such as “War on Drugs”. His speech also educates his people about Islamic terrorism alongside their practices and mentality. Bush seems extremely patriotic and expresses great anger and almost thinks for his citizens by saying, “our grief has turned to anger”. Nonetheless, Bush feels strongly about defending America’s freedom and won’t back down to this violence. Furthermore, Bush’s speech was extremely effective as the crowd was very dense, actively involved through cheers and claps. This however, may have induces a mob mentality as an individual action of support such as a cheer could easily ripple through the crowd and suddenly everyone

The invasion and the war in Iraq remains a continuous topic of divisiveness and sensitivity in today’s America. One of the negative evaluation of the war is attributed to the false impression of the length of the war which lasted seven years, not six months as presumed in 2003. As the invasion initiated, the ideologies of American government then failed to perceive the large number of troops required, casualties and the financial toll in the interest of the preventive war doctrine. However, when weighing the failures of this war, there are successes brought home that relate mostly to the lessons the American military and the government learned with the use of counterinsurgency tactics after “winning the hearts and minds” of Iraqis (Young). Nevertheless, with evaluation through levels of analysis, the accomplished agenda of ending Saddam Hussein’s regime justifies success and failure, mutually.

During both of the World Wars, the United States was short on money and supplies for the soldiers overseas, so they made posters to gain support from the people still at home. The posters showcased government bonds that Americans could buy that were essentially loans to the United States government. In order to get people to spend the small amounts of money they had, the posters used emotions and tone to persuade the American citizens to buy the bonds. The term used for the emotional looking pictures to showcase the author’s message is pathos. Many of the posters used during the wars used pathos to get their message across.

I disagree with Charlie Rangel statement that there should be a draft any time congress goes to war to help prevent them from going to war.

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell is a thrilling short story written about two men and their struggle to beat each other in a hunting game. The men appear to be civilized, but the question is whether the men are truly civilized. What evidence could prove if the men are civilized? As the story continues, the characters build up on their known traits and they show their true colors. Are the two men, General Zaroff<Spelling errors> and Sanger<Spelling errors> Rainsford, civilized men?

This powerful document by Frederick Douglass was to point out that America tries to celebrate what they call independence day while all the blacks including Douglas himself are struggling because they are shackled down by prejudice with no independence to claim their own. He uses this moment he is given to speak to the people and show them how meaningless the 4th of July is when there is still oppression going on. He poetically confronts all the problems with slavery and the horrors and injustice it brings. He paints a vivid image and uses great examples and bible verses to show that the 4th of July is not a holiday for the slaves and even freed slaves because this day mocks them and forces them to watch what freedom looks like and uses psalm

The purpose of this analysis is to examine the rhetorical appeals on an argument presented by two different authors who have written about the subject of the Military’s Budget. In the article, “Yes, Of Course We Should Cut Military Spending!” by Henry Blodget, He argues that Military Spending should be cut and given to more needed civil programs. Contrary to Henry, the article, “Reckless Cuts to US Military Spending Leaving America Vulnerable.” By Steven Cohen puts forth the argument that Military Budget cuts will leave the US Military unable to carry out their duties and will but this country’s interest at risk. This paper will examine the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos found within each of the articles presented by these authors. In addition, highlights of the author’s similarities and differences in style will be noted here as well.

Marlantes expresses the quote “The ideal response to killing in war should be similar to a mercy killing, sadness mingled with respect” (Page 42) because he wants to proclaim how his reaction to killing really is and what others expected it to be. Most of the time when he was killing in combat, he felt either nothing or a kind of exhilaration. This was not the answer most people wanted to hear, he acknowledges, and he hesitated giving it when he returned from Vietnam afraid he would appear to be indifferent or overzealous, as some protestors of the war portrayed those who fought in it. Several years later, Marlantes says that he is deeply saddened by the deaths that he has caused. Marlantes found a different feeling than every other soldier

CBRN and WMD rhetoric has been grossly overused in recent years. Ever since the attacks on the US in 2001, a weapon of mass destruction was the forefront of convincing Congress to authorize military action in Iraq. For the most part, the regular person views WMD as something nuclear in nature. Al Mauroni explains that the military defines WMD as nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons that can cause a “high order of destruction.” Unfortunately, the war in Iraq did not reveal anything of the sort. Al-Qaida and the Taliban have never really shown any interest in such methods. Their tactic of suicide bombers has caused enough fear and destruction as is. North Korea has been all about threatening nuclear war and backing up their talk with the

If you are raised to hate, is it possible to choose a different path? This is the question that Zak Ebrahim raises at the beginning of both his Ted Talk and his book, The Terrorist’s Son. Ebrahim’s story is one of choice, he chose nonviolence and peace.

The PBS documentary, “The Rise of Isis,” shows a look at how the pulling of troops and a corrupt government led to the rise of the terrorist organization known as Isis. In 2011, the Obama administration pulled U.S. troops from the middle east and Iraq was presented as country ready to govern itself. The Iraqi Prime Minister, Maliki, came to the United States to declare all of this on television. A government official features on the documentary said Obama would regret this. While in the U.S. Maliki received a phone call from Iraq stating that his vice president’s guards were planning an assignation attempt, in response Maliki ordered his arrest. Vice President of Iraq, Hashemi denies all claims of this. However, he does claim that many of his

On Sunday, November fifteenth, it was reported that French military jets were launched to attack Isis. The French jets dropped a total of twenty bombs in the mainland of Isis. The reason for France bombing Isis is due to the events that occurred on Friday in Paris, France. France was the victim of multiple attacks by members of Isis. A total of one hundred twenty-nine people were reported dead on Friday.

Rhetoric involves the scrutiny of the way an author, speaker, or artist utilizes language or words to sway the target audience. Rhetorical analysis thereby denotes a criticism or essay that breaks the non-fictional works into subsections, hence elaborating how every section works in association with other parts to introduce certain effects, such as information, entertainment, and persuasion of the intended audience. In common instances, the scrutiny also deliberates on every involved rhetorical situation or circumstance, on the basis of context, purpose, as well as the audience. One can conduct a rhetorical analysis of various literary works including journals, books, plays, cartoons, adverts, or any other oral performance like speech. One of the most popular and interesting play that has been read and used widely in different learning institutions for literature studies is An Enemy of the People. In this piece, the author, Henrik Ibsen, portrays the major character, Doctor Stockmann, as an enemy of everyone. However, despite being branded as the enemy of the people, Doctor Stockmann has been used to expose the rots happening within town municipality in Norway. Indeed, Doctor Stockmann is not an enemy of the people as portrayed in the play, but the ‘savior’ of the Norwegian township.