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No Such Thing As a Fair Fight
In Jimmy Carter's editorial to the New York Times, he states his reasons as to why he believes America should not have gone to war with Iraq, and he outlines what he thinks makes a war just. Carter conveys what he is saying, stating clear facts, and appealing to the reader's ethos, pathos and logos. In a very different essay author Elie Wiesel supports Presidents Bush's decision to engage in military action on Iraq. Wiesel uses facts from history to illustrate how military action can stop bloodshed in volatile situations.
Throughout Carter's editorial he continues to point out the fact that he is Christian, in an effort to make the American people see that there is validity to what he is saying. By first identifying himself as a credible witness to what is going on. Carter states, "As a Christian and as a President who was severely provoked by international crises, I became thoroughly familiar with the principles of a just war, and it is clear......

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