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Comparing War Speechs
There have been two major incidents in which two presidents, George W. Busch and Franklin O. Roosevelt, have made War speechs about taking drastic actions. Bush's speech entitled "Freedom and Fear are at War" spoken on September 20, 2001, and Roosevelts speech "Declaration of War," spoken on December 8, 1941, have both very unique strategys that are of genius. To compare and analyze their strategys, you have to understand what they are saying.
In both appealing speechs, both presidents have a personal appeal to the people.
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