http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/lets-be-clear-establishing-a-no-fly-zone-is-an-act-of-war/276319/
On May 29th, Conor Friedersdorf
wrote for The Atlantic about the “no-fly zone” policy adopted by the United
States towards the war in Syria. Friedersdorf is firm in his conviction that
this term is the total opposite of what the U.S. has actually done. He believes
that it is a euphemism for declaring war against Syria. After introducing the
topic, Friedersdorf describes and quotes authors and politicians to support his
idea that the “no-fly zone” actually means sending weapons to contain and
confront the Syrian forces.
The author’s purpose in
writing this article is to inform and persuade his audience not to fall for
what appears to be true about the “no-fly zone”. His tone is satirical and
mocking, since he uses irony to make fun of the U.S. government’s attempt to
use the euphemism, especially in the last sentence. He is more informal than
formal because of the use of expressions, contractions, first person. Most of
the times in the article, the use of short paragraphs are meant to emphasize on
an idea and the long paragraphs expand on those ideas. The author is not really
effective to persuade those who do not agree with him since he does not use
solid evidence to support his idea about the U.S. waging war against Syria.
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