In other words. (LANGUAGE SKILLS).(war on terrorism analogies)(Brief Article)

From: Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication | Date: November 2, 2001 | Copyright information

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, President Bush gave a speech to Congress and addressed a saddened nation. In his speech President Bush said, "Al Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime." In that statement, President Bush used an analogy to make a point. President Bush isn't the only one using analogies to explain the war on terrorism. On the television show The West Wing, a White House aide said, "Islamic extremists [like the Taliban] are to Islam what the Ku Klux K...

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