Talking Points - My Speech

Adress to blog spot prompt " Talking Points".
Jamie Benfield
Thursday, November 13, 2008

CLAIM-
Terrorist must be eliminated.
GROUNDS-
Becasue destruction has been brought upon the nation.
WARRANT-
-Hundreds of innoncent lives taken,
-Millions of lives affected.
-Undeclared war
BACKING- (numbers from http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=434113)
-2741 offical American lives taken. 236 innoncent forigeners. 19 known terrorists.
-All the families, friends, and fellow americans that will be emotionaly and economically affected
by the destruction of the world trade center and the lives lost there.
-The act of destorying the WTC is an act of war, undeclared war that tresspasses upon the safety and freedoms of the peoples of the United States of America.
REBUTTAL-
-Terrorists, a part of no nation, should they be held up to the standards of war that would be held against a nation?
-How are the lives of each and every perosn killed in the WTC bombing weighed? How is this carried out in revelance to the sentence of judgement agisnt terrorist and their affialates?

MY SPEECH-
My fellow Americans,
A great tragedy has befallen our country. A tragedy that has shaken the once thought to be “untouchable” nation. However, there is no need to fear, for although a great source of American prosperity has been destroyed, the foundation remains unscathed. The foundation based upon not a single building or symbol, but upon hard work and dedication, the qualities of the American people. And it is with these qualities that America shall rebuild, rebuild and break free of the shadow cast upon us this day.
2741 American lives were taken in this tragic event. Each and every one of these people had families, people that loved and cared for them. In this way, it wasn’t 2741 people that were affected; it was millions, an entire nation. And it is the people of an entire nation that will rise as one and combat those that have dared to endanger the freedom and rights of the American people. Each and every person lost this day will not be forgotten. Before it is at an end, terrorist worldwide will pay for each and every American life lost. These terrorists will regret the day they dared intrude upon the rights of the American people, for with justice as our cause we cannot be misled. As the proud people of The United States Of America, we will not tire, we will not falter, and we cannot fail.
Thank you.

Talking Points - George W. Bush's Speach

George W. Bush
"Address to a Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks"
Delivered 20 September 2001
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911jointsessionspeech.htm

D A T A
“On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country"
C L A I M
“We’ll meet violence with patient justice…”
W A R R A N T
· “…Justice will be done.”
“…We condemn the Taliban Regime.”
B A C K I N G
· “Weather we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.”
“ It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.”
R E B U T T A L
How do you plan to “bring justice” to a “secret” organization that’s location is not known.What about the Taliban’s voice in this argument? Could they not be innocent bystanders against Al Qaeda, forced to do their bidding?