On September 11, 2001, a terrorist group hijacked 4 planes with the goal of crashing them into the nation's most patriotic landmarks. The attack had cost thousands of Americans' lives and left the rest of her citizens in a state of terror and confusion. President George Bush, in response to these heinous acts, addressed citizens of the attack hours after it had happened and plans taken as a response to the attack. Bush, however, had used his speech for his true intentions to declare war on terrorism by using an ethos appeal by his presidency title and his choice of diction of describing the clear difference of the attackers and the victims to create an impending fight between good and evil. When addressing the nation about the terrorist attacks to bring patriotism to the country in dark times, but in its true nature was to declare war. Bush had used ethos as an appeal in his 9-11 speech as a support in officially declaring war against terrorism. With George Bush, being president, details how he already made orders to aid the civilians in need and actions already taken to find the …show more content…
Creating the speech the night of 9-11 to announce a war by suggestions of sides already being drawn of the corrupt and the righteous through Bush's diction. In the speech, Bush had described the attackers as terrorists and their actions against America to be “evil, despicable acts of terror.” When he speaks about America, however, it is that the nation was a victim in need of justice by saying “America was targeted for attack because we were the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world.” It's emphasized in the speech that war against terrorism with Bush's wording because he creates a fine line between the two sides of this war, and the places each group