Media devices are particularly influential when considering the way that they can manipulate the masses in developing thinking that they would not otherwise put across. The International Crisis Group online article "Deja Vu All Over Again? Iraq's Escalating Political Crisis" relates to one of the hottest topics currently under discussion in international circles. Similarly, Bradley Burston's article "Romney, a subdued pilgrim, walks a wary line in Jerusalem" induces intense feelings in the general public as the U.S. presidential elections are closing. When analyzing both of these articles, one is likely to observe that they have a tendency to induce particular sentiments into their readers.
Conditions are critical in Iraq and there are very little people around the world who are not acquainted with this subject. It is difficult for an outsider to assess the problem accurately and to come up with an effective solution because both Prime Minister Maliki and his opponents have a tendency to use immoral attitudes in an attempt to secure their position in the country. By simply reading the article, a reader is probable to express confusion regarding conditions in the country and is even more likely to consider that it would be essential for the international authorities to support an intervention...
It appears that this article is meant to reach out to people to form an united front meant to assist individuals in Iraq and to prevent another
Civil War from commencing in the region. By relating to the fact that things are probable to return to the state that they were before U.S. intervention, the writer puts across mixed messages. It is actually difficult to determine whether he calls for another U.S. intervention in the area or if he is actually interested in criticizing the last intervention because of its failure to stabilize the situation.
By relating to how "there is no question that Maliki has added to his powers during his six-year tenure, but there also can be no question that a large part of his
success comes from his rivals' incapacity to thwart him via institutional means" (Deja Vu All Over Again? Iraq's Escalating Political Crisis) the article puts across the feeling that it would be irrational for the international public to believe that people within the Iraqi borders are able to control the situation. Moreover, the writer appears to…
