Blog Assignment #1

Arun, Steve. “US Army Recruitment Slumps.” Online weblog. 30 Sept. 2005. Dvorak
Uncensored. 4 Jul. 2008. <http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=2938>

I think this source would be very useful in my Unit 2 sustained research argument. This blog was produced for the rhetorical situation of our American children being persuaded into the army due to army recruitment slumps, and the overall war with Iraq in general. Quotes are present to make up the genre of the blog that describe how the expectations of enlistee numbers of the US army fell short, why Americans are hesitant to join, and how it is just going to get worse for them. Then there are people who responded to these quotes and voiced their opinion as feedback for the blog. I feel that this could contribute to my essay because not only does it give factual information about the falling enlistment rates of our army, but displays responses of our own American people and how they think these falling numbers are well deserved. This displays not only our own people’s negative feelings towards the war itself but their sheer disgust towards our Army and the decisions our government has and continues to make. I would like to make this blatant in my essay and explain how the people of America feel this way. The blog, through the facts of the Army’s declining enlistment rates, also explains the army’s motivations to campaign towards a new audience and recruit else where; appealing to the minds of our American children.