Imagine that California Governor Gavin Newsom presents a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) in which he argues that the United States should withdraw all troops and other military support from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria as quickly as possible because of the atrocities being committed in the region.
(Note, the VFW is a veteran’s organization that endorses a very strong defense policy and tends to support our troops).
Newsom systematically reminds the audience of news stories concerning atrocities that came out in the past year and does a good job explaining some aspects of this very complex issue.
Your task is to build a case for whether Newsom would be likely to succeed in persuading the audience or would be likely to fail.
Using everything you know about when rational argument is likely to be effective, write an essay in which you build a case for whether Newsom will succeed or will fail to persuade the audience.
