George W. Bush depicts war on terrorism as a crusade against evil to gain public support and congress approvals. At the Joint Session of congress following 9/11, George W. Bush mourns for the passengers who died during the hi-jack and thousands of Americans who died on that day. He consoles the families and friends of the dead to have courage. Then, he goes to identify and stereotype what terrorists are, and he urges that immediate actions must be taken to eradicate potential threats. He declares war on a terrorist group called the Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama bin Laden and those in support of their violent ways. National security will be strengthened and he affirms that Americans will prevail in this struggle.
In his address to congress, Bush uses emotional appeals to gain approval. He recognizes the courage of Todd Beamer when he “rushed terrorists to save others on the ground…” Fueling the sentiment, President Bush points out how the Americans feel toward their fellow Americans when he discusses the “unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles…” to show that America is united and will not let “terrorists” destroy the “strong union.”
By depicting terrorists as a hyper-masculine group of criminals incapable of reason, Bush gains popular support from the American for military action. “Who attacked our country?” Answering this self-imposed quest, Bush points out that “Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making money; its goal is remaking the world -- and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere” (paragraph 6, page 2). I agree that terrorists are mafia to crime because in the process of getting a point across at least one person is killed. In a sense of casualty, the statement is somewhat true but exaggerated because their goal isn’t money oriented. And the way I see it, they are a class of well educated and intelligent people motivated by political and religious convictions. After all, they did successfully trained hijackers to carry out their mission.
Bush repeatedly draws contrasts of terrorists as evil, enemy, and destruction to Democracy, freedom, and justice. “By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions -- by abandoning every value except the will to power -- they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism, and totalitarianism.” Bush lumps Al-Quaeda with historically recognized evil like Hitler and Nazis and totalitarian because it undermines freedom. Democracy places a high value on human lives and human rights, so anything threats it is perceived as injustice.
“This is civilization's fight,” President Bush portrays terrorists as barbarians by contrasts their “infringed” beliefs to our civilized society. “Americans are asking, why do they hate us? They hate what they see right here in this chamber -- a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms -- our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.” It’s basically saying terrorists hate us because they’re unreasonable and outside the bound of justice. It only serves to reinforce Bush’s representation of them as pure evil because the Al-Qaeda has no other purpose but to undermine our freedom. The deception isn’t telling American what really attributed to their hated. President Bush depicts the extremism of the attackers by describing their beliefs as a "fringe form of Islamic extremism." It draws a contrast of the extremism to the mainstream beliefs of Islam. He frames terrorists as barbarians to assure Americans that they are innocent. 
