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Speech On 9/11: The War On Terror

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Yesenia Raygoza
English 305
October 7th, 2014
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War on Terror Language in a verbal state has the power to emotionally influence people to politically alter their views. President Bush’s speech on September 20, 2001 had the ability to make Americans believe the “war on terror” was their patriotic duty and the military actions in the Middle East were needed in order to save the world. On a national stage most Americans felt the war was patriotic versus internationally Bush’s speech was seen as politically driven it helped him keep the presidency. As seen by past historical events, views changed throughout time, some speeches both unified and separated the country. Obama’s speech on ending the war influenced the country to bring home …show more content…

Many Americans felt that the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on our homeland was the ultimate disrespect to the country. People who lost family members in the attack wanted someone to be held accountable and brought to justice. On Sept. 20, 2001, President Bush delivered a speech to America that rallied support for the war on terror, which would eventually lead to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush identified the group of Al-Qaida as the ones responsible for the attack on the United States. But Al-Qaida wasn’t the only enemy America had, we were at war with all terrorist including Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan. President Bush said “The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.(XXX) Meaning that we would go to any country and arrest and kill anyone associated with terrorist. On XXX President Bush had another speech to commit troops to Iraq. Iraq was used as a stepping-stone for Al-Qaeda training camps and weapons of mass

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