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A Rhetorical Analysis Of Dirty Wars By Richard Rowley

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As the United States continues to participate in wars across the globe, more secrecy is prone to show up when people begin to wonder if what they see is truly what meets the eye. In the documentary Dirty Wars, directed by Richard Rowley and produced by Jeremy Scahill, a war reporter who is one of the many that tries to investigate the hidden warfare fought overseas. The documentary follows Scahill as he indulges into these cases as he begins to learn about the JSOC (Joint Specialization Operations Command) covert operations in which innocent men, women and children are eliminated with brutal force but for no reason at all. Throughout the film the viewer follows Scahill’s case about the dark side of wars due to the way the United States does not play by the rules. In the film Dirty Wars, Jason Scahill uses a wide variety of rhetorical appeals to inform the public of how every day JSOC forces eliminate the lives of the innocent while enacting a hidden war that goes against all that is right in terms of war, changing the perception of warfare.
Throughout the film Scahill uses a plethora of imagery to demonstrate the destruction that JSOC forces have caused during the past couple of years …show more content…

This story is the final story as the viewer can conclude the disturbing, inhumane actions of JSOC. JSOC is in enabled to kill whoever they want, regardless of how innocent they are. By including the story of this killing, the audience draws the idea that the JSOC operatives are the true terrorists, not the innocent people they are killing. This further emphasises the claim Scahill is trying to portray. This is the final straw for JSOC as they continue to everyday end the lives of the innocent overseas without a reason. JSOC executes these very actions behind the backs of the public, and by doing so they are able to get away with

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