Write 13 pages with APA style on Identification and Constitutive Rhetoric in President Obamas 2009 Inaugural Speech. The financial crisis, which began in the country, affected many nations spread across the world. As a consequence of the financial crisis, many Americans were jobless or lost their jobs, the healthcare sector was in trouble even as more and more people needed medical cover as protection against rising medical costs (President Barack Obamas Inaugural Addresspar 4-5). Being his first address as the president of the greatest nation on earth, President Obama sought to achieve several goals through his speech. One of the main purposes of the speech was to reassure Americans and give them hope in spite of the prevailing social-political situation that the country was facing. The speech was also an address to the entire world. allies and potential allies, hostile nations and groups, the Muslim community, and poor nations.

Only years earlier, the United States of America had engaged in war with Iraq and Afghanistan. The war between the U.S. and the two countries was based on the premise that the administrations of the two countries were promoting international terrorism by hosting leaders of international terrorist groups or financing their activities. Apart from the issue of terrorism, the U.S. engaged the two countries for oppressing their people and violating their civil rights. Because of the stance that the Bush administration had taken with respect to the two countries, different quarters criticized the U.S. government of terrorizing and bossing other countries. The country was thus facing a lot of criticism from different players in the international arena and its relations with many countries, especially those in the Middle East were strained.

President Obama faced a number of constraints even as he made his inaugural speech. For one, his audience was quite diverse. Appreciating the diversity of that characterized the American nation, Obama stated that “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers. We&nbsp.