War Critic Rebutal

War Critic Rebuttal

University of Phoenix

Ricardo Manjarrez

Instructor Capps Jr.

BCOM 275

January 3, 2012

War Critic Rebuttal

Ever since the war in Iraq started back in March 2003 it has been hard on all of us in one way or another. Either we had a family member in the war or we have lost someone in the war, friend, family member or acquaintance. A lot of people have criticized the war since the beginning, why are we there? Is there WMD's? Nine eleven was a tragic day for all us and we all felt like we needed to retaliate or catch the people that did this to our great nation. To do so we needed to take military action against these terrorist and the lands that they hide in.

There are many war critics out there that just like to through numbers out there to bring a bad lime light on the war. Matthew Duss and Michael Cohen (2011) report in "Happy Anniversary, Iraq War" that secretary Donald Rumsfeld said "The war can last six days, six weeks, I doubt six months". Who could honestly put a time frame on insuring the safety of a nation and their people? Matthew Duss and Michael Cohen (2011) in "Happy Anniversary, Iraq War" are introducing the fallacy of argument by repetition to appeal their point to their readers. They constantly repeat how long the war has been and how many US and Iraq casualties there has been in those 8 years.

Matthew Duss and Michael Cohen (2011) in "Happy Anniversary, Iraq War" also introduce the fallacy of argument by half-truth. "As we now know, the original rationale for invading Iraq -- Saddam's supposedly fearsome WMD programs and his 'ties' to al Qaeda -- turned out to be false" (Duss, Cohen, 2011). These authors claim that Saddam did not have no ties to al Qaeda, where are they getting this information from? How knows if Saddam did or did not have ties to al Qaeda? It is true that there were no documented WMD's found by the military but the authors are tying in a half truth with bias statement. Matthew Duss and Michael Cohen (2011) report in "Happy Anniversary, Iraq War" that the war cost a staggering $ 750 billion dollars. I ask again where are the authors getting this information from? In this article there are no references at all. It seems to me that these authors are just thinking of big numbers to impress their readers and get them on their side of the argument. There is nothing scarier to taxpayers than huge spending numbers that might increase taxes.

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