Even though Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George W. Bush both addressed a calculated and deadly attack that took place on American soil, Bush took an extremely emotional approach to the situation, while FDR took a much more warlike, sophisticated and unemotional style to his speech. For one thing, FDR spoke to his Congress in a concise and militaristic manner, since he wanted to show Congress that he was unafraid and ready to declare war on the Japanese. FDR decisively stated in his speech, when describing the attack of Pearl Harbor , “...was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the Empire of Japan”. Clearly, FDR wasn’t shying away from the truth, because he used strong and concise words like “ ‘suddenly’, ‘deliberately’, and ‘Empire of Japan’” not only to he strongly prove his point, he said the details.
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When FDR spoke about the soon to be war with Japan, “So help me G-d” was the language he used to articulate his sincerity, since it’s a passionless phrase that everyone uses when referring to a dangerous endeavour. As in, everyone uses this phrase to “drive their point home, in an unemotional way. Indeed, FDR, was calling on the greatest of powers to help him in his next endeavour (war) which he was in no way afraid of because he was ready to show The Empire of Japan, just how great America was. In contrast, George W. Bush, was vague with his details, although he gave a hopeful and confident speech which America wanted to hear. Bush ambiguously says in his response speech, “Thousands of lives were suddenly, ended by evil, despicable acts of terror”. Above all, Bush didn’t mention who, when, where, why, how, or really anything about the attack, although, he did say “acts of terror” which is a very vague language which denotes that the victim was scared
When FDR spoke about the soon to be war with Japan, “So help me G-d” was the language he used to articulate his sincerity, since it’s a passionless phrase that everyone uses when referring to a dangerous endeavour. As in, everyone uses this phrase to “drive their point home, in an unemotional way. Indeed, FDR, was calling on the greatest of powers to help him in his next endeavour (war) which he was in no way afraid of because he was ready to show The Empire of Japan, just how great America was. In contrast, George W. Bush, was vague with his details, although he gave a hopeful and confident speech which America wanted to hear. Bush ambiguously says in his response speech, “Thousands of lives were suddenly, ended by evil, despicable acts of terror”. Above all, Bush didn’t mention who, when, where, why, how, or really anything about the attack, although, he did say “acts of terror” which is a very vague language which denotes that the victim was scared