The issue of this article is that if Iraq and Saddam's regime is not disarmed of their weapons of mass destruction, Saddam will use his cover of his nuclear weapons to try to forcibly unite the Middle East to confront the Western alliance.
I chose article number three, which is "The war against Iraq is also the war against global terrorism- and the writer of this article is Dr. Colin Rubenstein who is the executive director of Australia/Jewish and Australia/Israel affairs.
The writer's contention in this issue is that Saddam Hussein's regime is a breeding ground for international terrorism and is a major threat to Australia security. Which is shown by such evidence as "The greatest single security threat faced by Australia is not a conventional invasion or attack, but a mega- terrorism of the sort the world witnessed on September 11,2001- and "More recently, the murderous suicide attack that killed 88 Australians in Bali sent a message that Australians are very much in the line of fire-. .
The tone provided in this issue endorses his position towards the War on Iraq, which is a positive one. His approach to writing this article was aggressive and forceful but also very informative and factual. The tone of the language presented throughout the issue is put in a way to make the reader sway more to the writer's opinion The tone the writer's uses is very supportive of the war on Iraq and very disappointed in the way some of Australia's society is patronizing what must be done to save them in the long run.
The writer refers to the following types of appeals: .
Appeal to Fear:.
"the murderous suicide attack that killed 88 killed 88 Australians in Bali sent a message that Australians are very much in the firing line-.
"If not disarmed, Saddam will use the cover of his nuclear weapons to try forcibly unite the Middle East to confront the West-.
"It is true Saddam is not the only homicidal dictator in the world, though he is unequivocally one of the worst.
