Perspectives

This section of the study guide will give you a few extra points and ideas to help you put the speech “War on Terror” by George W. Bush in perspectiv…

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Time perspective

To gain a broader view of the speech, we encourage you to reflect on the events and developments that followed it. For example, Bush mentions the creation of a Homeland Security Office and the need “to give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down terror” (ll. 297-298).

Both plans were realized as the US government approved the Homeland Security Office along with the Patriot Act. The act included the possibility to detain immigrants indefinitely and for the FBI to monitor the population without their knowledge. Parts of the act survive to this…

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Textual perspective

In your discussion of George W. Bush’s “War on Terror” speech, you can consider comparing it to other political speeches.