President Obama's ISIL Speech

In President Obama’s speech he shares his plan for America to lead a “broad coalition” to get rid of the terrorist threat. He stated that his objective is to “degrade and destroy ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter terrorist strategy.” He reiterates that his plan includes strategic air strikes and does not include ground combat.

President Obama delivers his speech with confidence that this plan will protect our nation from the terrorist threat of ISIL. He also uses his hands motions to show his strength as a leader. These hand motions show his confidence in the plan he is proposing. He pulls at one’s national pride when he states, “If you threaten America you will find no safe haven.”

The most effective part of his speech is at the end when he recalls some of America’s setbacks but more importantly how we have bounced back as a strong nation. He mentions how are nation was able to come together to get past the tragedy of 9/11 and move past our economic setbacks to illustrate the strength of our country. Also, he explains how our country is thriving in technology, manufacturing, energy studies, and job creation.

The media truth that sticks out the most in President Obama’s speech is truth one, which is that media are essential components of our lives. Without media the public would not be able to watch the President deliver his speech. Actually watching the speech gives a special perspective because one can see the manner in which he delivers the speech instead of only the word of his speech. Also, the speech is easily available to the public because it was recorded live on most news channels and for people who could not watch it at nine tonight could also find a video of the speech online. It is important that the President takes full advantages of using media to communicate with the public.