On Wednesday, September 11, 2014, President Obama made an address
concerning America’s plan of action in regard to the terrorist organization
known as ISIS. According to the President, although there have been no clear
attempts of attack made on United States’ soil, ISIS is still a threat to our
nation because of their violence towards various religious groups including
Muslim (which is their “proclaimed” religion), as well as two American
Journalists. Obama noted that their inhumane nature has called the attention of
our great nation.
Obama delivered the message with certainty and strength. He
stressed the importance of ISIS’s demise to the American public, and how
crucial their fall of their rule is to humanity in general. The President
called their tactics inhumane and genocide. Which lead him and the United
States government to formulate formal militaristic steps to ensure the
destruction of this terrorist organization. The first step the president intends
on taking would be air strikes. The second, military support on the ground.
Third, counterterrorism actions will be put forth. Lastly, the United States will
continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the innocent civilians that are
directly affected by our efforts and by the unjust efforts of the ISIS
organization.
The most effective aspect of President Obama’s speech was
the structure of the speech itself. The way the President structured his speech
was so that the average American would be able to both follow what he was
saying and also be drawn into the emotional factors of what our nation is about
to undertake. The beginning of the President’s speech was a gripping explanation
of what ISIS is and how this terrorist group treats the people who are amongst
the population by which they control. By starting his speech this way, he was
able to effectively pull the audience in and set a standard for the severity of
the situation in Iraq and Syria. He then continued in his speech by listing off
and explaining each aspect of America’s plan of action, making his speech both
easy to follow and informative for his viewers. Then in the last section of his
speech he discussed how strong America is as a nation. Obama rallies the
American public by talking up how wonderful our society is as a whole, easing
the tension and raising hope for what is to come.
The journalistic truth that is most strongly represented in
this speech would be Truth Four. Truth Four states that “Nothing is New and
Everything That Has Happened Can Happen Again.” This truth is present in
President Obama’s speech because this is not the first time that a speech has
been made regarding military action in the middle-east. Every time America goes
to war, presidents make similar speeches. Presidents will give the people an
update on America’s current plans of action, and will do their best to raise
patriotism before entering the front lines. Obama’s speech is no exception to
this concept.
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