Shortly after the events of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers on 11/9/2001, President George W. Bush addressed the American population with a speech. There is no doubt that the number of people and families, which suffered from this occasion, is unfair. By using the agitation and formation of emotional mood strategies, President George W. Bush accomplishes his goal of encouraging the American population and persuading the official counter-terrorism policy.
At the beginning of his speech, Bush talks about the United States’ and its Nation’s strength despite all the events, which occurred. Its purpose is to inspire citizens in particular by describing the traits of the American people facing tragedy. He emphasizes the rescuers’ courage and their sincere desire to help the rest of the population as fully as possible to all the victims. Consequently, Bush shows that Americans are not afraid of terrorist attacks and attempts to intimidate the country into chaos. On the contrary, their determination is like steel; while attacks can destroy buildings’ foundations, they cannot break their strength.
Further, Bush defines his primary duty and mission as protecting the American Nation and its freedom. He emphasizes that all the resources of law enforcement agencies and intelligence aim to find and bring to justice those responsible. In addition, Bush talks about America’s advocacy for winning the war against what threatens the population and joins those who want security and peace throughout the world. Thus, he agitates to the fact that the anti-terrorist policy is inevitable and obligatory.
To summarize, in his speech to the Nation on 9/11, Bush accomplishes his goal of encouraging the population and persuading the need for an anti-terrorism policy using the agitation and formation of emotional mood strategies. In particular, he inspires people by declaring that attempts to create chaos are unsuccessful because the American population’s courage and strength are higher than that. In addition, Bush uses an agitation strategy to convince citizens of a foreign policy aimed at ending terror through justice.