One of Barack’s problems was racism. It is believed that if Obama wasn't president, most racial issues wouldn’t have occurred. Another problem was the shootings and the gun violence. From the Trayvon Martin shooting to the Charleston church massacre, Obama was placed in a tough spot because of the police force and African American shootings. He reassured the African American community that everything is alright.…
John Dean, a previous Republican that served as White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973, wrote numerous books, a few of which include, “The Nixon Defense”, “Blind Ambition, and Conservatives Without Conscious”, but his book, “Broken Government: how Republican rule destroyed the legislative, executive, and judicial branches”, is an informative book written by a former Republican that tells about how the Republicans current actions have destroyed the government. I, myself, agree with John Dean that the Republicans destroyed the government because I am pro-choice. I believe that individuals have the right to get married to the same sex or get an abortion or do whatever they would like with their life because…
It is the duty of the president to address the a nation in shock when disaster strikes. The president must explain the situation, express personal sorrow, and address how to fix the situation. It is imperative to do this as the president is the head of the country and the figure which citizens of the country base their own beliefs off of. One of the most effective tools presidents use when discussing disaster is an appeal to emotion, or in terms of Aristotle, pathos. After watching Reagan’s Challenger Disaster and Obama’s Sandy Hook Speeches, one must question wether Reagan and Obama use pathos effectively to display their own sorrow, explain the situation, and address how to fix it.…
We live in a very dangerous world today. We have global threats happening almost every day from various sources, and in various forms. About a decade and a half ago we had an attack we called 9/11, people were terrified after and frantically scrambled to some sense of security. A non-fictional example is from Mark Millar’s Civil War: A Marvel Comics, When a group of amatuer super humans cause an incident where hundreds of people were killed along with a few city blocks destroyed. Another example from historic Salem, Massachusetts when the threat of “Witches” came about people scrambled for security from being hung.…
Foreign policy is an incredibly important part of any President’s role. Most countries in today’s society make use of global trade and international relationships to bolster the economy, and that is especially true for a superpower like the United States. Without a good foreign policy, not only will a country begin to fall behind in terms of technological advances, the citizens faith in the country will begin to falter. The foreign policy of the Barack Obama Administration has been scrutinized many a time, as it’s a multi-faceted issue with both pros and cons.…
When George W. Bush became president his policy towards Israel brought forth the idea of Palestine becoming a state on its own. President George W. Bush believed that this policy would bring the end to the fighting and ongoing and never-ending tension between Israel and Palestine. He did however understand that if we as a country could not find a solution to bring peace to those that Israel has tension with. That Israel would once again take matters into their own hands and do everything in their power, since they receive aid from the United States, to put an end to their enemies if confronted. When Israel started their settlements the United States realized that it would bring more problems than solutions.…
President Obama’s Hypocrisy President Barack Hussein Obama is the forty fourth president of the United States elected in 2008 and he is the first president, under the constitution, of African descent. He worked his way up from the Illinois State Senate to the US Senate and was officially sworn in as president on January 20, 2009. Given his background in politics, logically, people assumed that he was a responsible, trustworthy candidate for president; however, his actions prove otherwise. His past work does not stand for his mental ability to run and decide for a country. Instead of his idea of “hope” and “change”, his presidency has brought the United States to the brink of ruin.…
An effective rhetorical strategy that Obama employs multiple times is pathos. He uses this strategy to show how grateful he is to the people who supported and helped him make great changes in this country in his presidency years. Also, how people can work together and be heard to make a change. Obama states,” I learned that change only happens when ordinary people get involved and they get engaged and they come together to demand it.” (Obama 2017)…
Following a recent chemical attack on the Syrian people, by the Assad regime, President Barack Obama uses negatively and emotionally charged diction to convince Congress to vote for military action. Later in the speech, Obama also gains the support of the American public by appealing to their weariness of large scale wars. He reasons that military force is necessary to prevent further conflict down the road which will keep Americans safe, at home and abroad. In the beginning of the text, President Obama appeals to Americans fear of war by using vivid imagery.…
Foreign Policy After 9/11 After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon September 11, 2001, the United States was completely changed forever. Everyone's lives changed drastically that day. There was a new threat to America and no way to fight this new enemy head on. For many people, the word terrorist was heard before, but Americans never would have expected that this would ever happen to us.…
1. 9/11 was a tragic day in our nation. Not only did our country lose approximately 3,000 people who were family, neighbors, and friends, but it also left our world in a state of confusion and total chaos. Overall, our president handled the situation the best he could with the information that was held at the time of the event. The bottom line was the US was not prepared for that magnitude of devastation and as a nation our guard was down concerning terrorist activity.…
The failure to snare Bin Laden weighed most heavily, perhaps, on the Bush Administration, which occupied the White House during the 911 attacks, and the al Qaeda leader’s killed falls exactly eighty years to the day when Bush famously declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq.” Obama was the president that got the job done and killed the men who planned and is the reason ……. People go killed. He did not stop trying and Obama found the guy and did what need to be done. He killed Osama and protected the US and other countries from another terrorist attack from Osama.…
Obama betrayed Israel. President Obama’s refusal to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that would allot Israel territory the Western Wall resided in caused many Americans to claim that Obama betrayed Israel. However, Obama and others backed his decision by claiming that Israel had violated human rights laws agains Palestinians, and Israel and Pakistan should work out a two-state solution to settle the land dispute. In the columns “ The Unkindest Cut of All, Right in the Back of Israel” by Suzanne Fields and “U.S. Should Stop Funding Israel, or Let Others Broker Peace” by Noura Erakat, the columnists express their opinions on the United Nations Security Council decision. Both columnists argue that the United States has a duty…
With January 20th, 2017 having passed, The United States stands at point capable of reflecting upon the entirety of the Obama presidency. The Obama presidency is easily a controversial one due to the significant developments in both domestic and foreign policy over the last eight years. Being handed a country on the brink of economic depression, while also entangled in multiple military and foreign relation quagmires, Obama was tasked with a problem many would have balked to handle. Nonetheless, while there was hiccups throughout his presidency, having inherited a mess of a situation from the Bush administration, the Obama presidency is one largely full of success and significant accomplishments. To truly understand the success of the Obama…
While the nation watched in terror and unsure if the attacks were over two other events had yet to unfold. Such as, American Airlines Flight 77 flying to Washington, D.C., with the purpose of causing destruction and United Flight 93’s passengers taking a bold step against the terrorists. The first event of American Airlines 77 took place at 9:45 a.m. The flight headed towards Washington, D.C., crashed into the west side of the Pentagon killing 125 people in the building along with 64 people aboard the plane. Although, the situation looked like it could not get any worse.…