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This paper examines the speeches of various presidents during the cold war and compares them with the speeches of George W. Bush during the "war on terror." The paper finds that there was some similarity initially, but that the rhetoric quickly parted from the earlier speeches, becoming hateful and violent and demanding war as the only answer.

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"What are the primary similarities between the rhetoric of the War on Terror and that of the Cold War? Provide examples from War on Terror texts to support your answer. The rhetoric in both situations stresses that, confronted with great danger, the United States must stand as the bulwark of freedom against the threat. United, America faces the enemies of freedom, and we must not flag. Before the National Cathedral, President Bush spoke of the firmness of the nation, a firmness that create "a warm courage of national unity. This is a unity of every faith, and every background." ("President's...)"

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