Monday, November 24, 2008

Visual argument in the United States interference in other countries


Dong Joo Yi
11/24/08
Prof. Varner
Persuasive Writing
source of video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkMe669Hqlo

My topic is about the United States interference among other countries. Although, the United States claim that they are holding such actions for the goods of other countries, many discontented views towards the United States is inevitable to dodge. For one example, in Iraq, the United States intervened and created a war that damaged whole lot of people both in the United States and Iraq. The main purpose of the war was to kill the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, but even though Saddam was executed, the war is still going on. The image above is the current president George Bush pledging on the Iraq flag. Directly, the picture has been divided out, when George Bush was pledging to the American flag, but, by cutting of the American flag, and paralleling the Israeli flag and leader of the United States, George Bush, is contrasting how George Bush is basically adulating Iraq. This image also shows the tight alliance between the United States and Israel. This photo was taken when Israel was having thoughts and intention of using the United States military to conquer Iraqi oil to the Haifa refinery. The United States built airbases to protect this strategic pipeline. The pipeline is used to send oil to Israel, paid for the blood of American soldiers that die in Iraq. The image can be also translated as the creator of the image criticizing George Bush for not caring about his own people, but he is giving more care towards other country people.
The video is from Youtube, and this video shows many incidents where the United States interfered in other countries and exercising their power they have since 1953. One ironic incident that video showed was that withdrawal of democratically elected Guatemalan president in 1954. Even though the United States portraits to be the paramount democratic country in the world, by using force, they overthrown a president that was elected by peoples will. Also, in the middle of the video, it shows how the American army slaughtered 4 million people throughout the time period of 1963~1975. Majority of the casualties were from the war in Vietnam, but still, it was a war that the United States did not have to interfere in, causing enormous casualties among the American line too. In 1975, another ironic incident of the United States occurred. By assassinating the Chilean president and putting a dictator on the stage for the Chile government. Also, there are incidents of the CIA paying Osama Bin laden to work for the United States, and Osama Bin laden back stabbing the United States in return. The video is connected with the actual appearance of the person concerning with the event, and many of them are filmed in a bad quality. The video gives many uncovered stories that are not boldly presented in the news, but a fact and prediction that people made. Also, by presenting only the harmful actions that the United States has done, it bias the whole situation that everything was fault of the United States.

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