America the Beautiful: What We're Fighting For

In "America The Beautiful," author Dinesh D'Souza shares his opinions on how to deal with the threat of Islamic extremists. What I really enjoyed about this piece is that the author went with a logos appeal to convice the reader, he actually gave reasons as to why these groups hate the U.S. rather than going siply begging the question and saying becayse they do.

Why do these people hate us so? D'Souza asserts that it is because of our freedom, we live in a free society. It is their belief that we have allowed ourselves to become corrupted by the evils of the world, and so they They attack us not to destroy property or lives but American self confidence and without that we cannot fight (769). However, as the author points out American rally behind a good cause, and i believe that these attacks are just the thing to do that (769).

So what should we do about them? D'souza suggest tht we demand that countries such as Iran, and Libya get rid of the terror networks themselves, and if they don't comply get rd of the government (775). I thout his idea of how to actually do this was ingenious, he suggested that in Iran a country with a large Democratic oriented middle class all we need do is give them support and direction and they would do the job for us.

In the end the author demands that we as a people not give up because "America is the greatest, freest, and most decent society in existence" (779). By being willing to fight and die for ideals we can stand as an example throughout history, but to do that we must preserve and cherish them today (779).