An interview with David Miliband, highlighting the refugee crisis affecting the European Union, is the occasion of the article. Data, discovered during the exchange, inform the audience, US voters, about the urgency of this issue. Miliband’s statements of, “This refugee crisis is a real arrow pointed at the heart of the European Union” and, “There is no solution that confines itself within the borders of Europe,” provide evidence that Friedman derived his point of view from this discussion. By writing “Why should Americans care?”, Friedman creates a sense of intensity and uses that leverage to explain how this refugee crisis, which seems distant to us, will affect the E.U. and eventually impact America. This concept addresses the audience,