Intention

The main intention of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s speech “This is an illegal war” is to inform his target audience about the realities of the war Russia has started in Ukraine. His secondary intention is to persuade the Russian people to spread his message and to inform others about what their government is hiding from them. 

Schwarzenegger relies on a mix of logos, ethos, and pathos to inform his audience of what is really going on in Ukraine, which the Russian government has been hiding from its citizens. By providing facts and figures about the war and its consequences and casualties...