This new type of patriotism that plagued the lands¾infecting many¾brought us Americans some much needed unification¾but at the expense of living in fear, out-casting the ones whom stand out from the norm. Some call this an improvement, that we’re now on our toes at all times. However, I completely disagree. I’d like to present the facts to you as clearly as I possibly could. Due to the September 11 attacks, America has changed for the worse.
In this paper we will examine the impact of 9/11 on Americans and the U.S. economy and why the U.S. responded to the terrorism by enacting the USA Patriot act to “protect” America, which had become a big controversial issue to Americans. Another topic we will discuss is the negative effects of the Patriot Act such as violating Americans civil liberties and how the government stereotyped and secretly arrested Arab or Muslim citizens. The tragedy of 9/11 has impacted America in many ways and ever since then, America has made a lot of changes to prevent another tragedy, such as the national security which is tighter than it has ever been in recent years, especially in airports. According to Jennie Wood’s article, she mentions that the airport has way too many restrictions on what to bring in the plane for every traveler, such as, “Liquids and toiletries have to be a certain size and placed in clear, sealed bags. No food or bottled water is allowed through security.
My analysis mainly focuses on semantic fields and syntax. A semantic field of fear runs throughout the discourses of both Blair and Bush. Bush began his speech with the following sentence; “Good evening… series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks”. Blair also opts to utilise the same method “it was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of mankind, it was tragedy, an act of evil”. Due to the semantic field of fear and terror running throughout the discourses of Bush and Blair their choice of lexis is crucial in conveying their political ideologies.
For a long time now Isis has been a major problem for the United States. They have executed two American journalists this year alone and are going to continue doing so unless the United States puts a stop to it. If the United States doesn’t stop Isis – no one will. Isis is growing more each day by recruiting a ton of terrorists all over Syria and Iraq. Barrack Obama must act fast before it is too late and more Americans get killed.
Firstly, if the government of the United States tried to pass the PATRIOT ACT of 2001 today, they would have a much tougher time. After the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the whole American nation was swept with overwhelming fear, anger and patriotism. An analogy for this
Now it is being said the Fourth Amendment’s promise of protection from government invasion of privacy is in danger of being replaced by the futuristic surveillance state Orwell described (Liptak, 2011).” By the same token, does 1984 present a startling and haunting vision of the world today? In Chapter One, Orwell writes about “Big Brother,” the authoritarian leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state where the ruling Party wields total power for its own sake over the inhabitants. Big Brother is the face of the Party and he sees all, knows all and controls all. Big Brother is watching everyone. The citizens are told that he is the leader of the nation and the head of the Party.
The Iraq Study Group Report- A Rhetorical Analysis Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Islamic Militants and Mujahideen. These are all titles which have come to dominate and bring fear to many people around the world. A global war is is being fought, a war that has been slowly brewing and gathering strength since the fall of the last Caliphate, the Ottoman Empire. Perhaps the first modern face of what we now call Islamists was an Egyptian man by the name of Sayed Qutb, whose teachings would later be known to some as Qutbism which had similar goals as other revolutionaries which was to improve the lives of people with the overthrow of oppressive governments and the installation of just ones. Currently most if not all the superpowers in the world are involved in a fight against Islamic militants, this includes Russia fighting militants in Chechnya and surrounding areas since the early 90’s or China and the Philippines fighting a growing Islamic insurgency in their own land as well as
Effects of the Cliché “Actions Speak Louder Than Words” On the 11th of September 2001, the entire world was affected by the terrorist attacks on the United States of America. On the Sunday after these attacks, then U.S. President George W. Bush made a speech announcing his plan to “rid the world of the evil-doers” who traumatized his country earlier that week. Bush also inadvertently drew a parallel from this event to another event that traumatized many: The Crusades that took place during the Middle Ages. "This crusade, this war on terrorism is gonna take awhile” said Bush. The unintentional reference to the Middle Age’s Crusades George W. Bush made in his response to the 9/11 attacks was justly criticized as it connected the problem at hand to the violence of religious warfare, inflicted anxiety upon a vast amount of the world’s population, and holds a fearsome truth.
Today that pride must be tempered by a profound concern. If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of the nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and Hiroshima. The people of this world must unite or they will perish. This war that has ravaged so much of the Earth, has written these words. The atomic bomb has spelled them out for all men to understand.
As what journalist Suzannah Lessard said in an article for the Washington Monthly: “A president candidate is asking for a much greater mandate from the citizenry, and so he must tolerate a much greater sacrifice of privacy.” Because, ignoring private behavior from public figures inevitably means telling lies to the public. Anthony Weiner and Bill Clinton are examples of public figures whose private lives have been invaded. Let’s add Gary Hart and his “Monkey Business Scandal” on the list. Yes, they’re proofs that “we live in a world where there is a little privacy”, as what Richard Cohen said in his article for The Washington Post. And yes, political reporters really did observe an unwritten rule: a politician’s private life was private, absent compelling evidence that personal conduct was affecting public performance.