On November 29th, 2015 Veronica Sigler published a post on her blog in which she makes an argument against detention camps, or more specifically a single camp: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Sigler argues that Guantanamo Bay and the cruel acts that occur there are immoral and illegal. Sigler makes great points for her argument by establishing credibility by using Lawrence Wilkerson’s (a member of George W. Bush's Cabinet as the Secretary of States Chief of Staff” words on how Bush and his staff claimed knowledge that most of the inmates are innocent. In addition having multiple imbedded articles to further support her arguments throughout the post helped established ethos. Sigler also makes great use of pathos by giving examples of the cruel treatment inmates have to endure in addition to paralleling Guantanamo Bay to that of Hitler’s concentration camps, Native American reservations, and so forth.
All in all Sigler got her point across on how corrupt Guantanamo is and how we cannot let such immorality continue, but to make a stronger argument, perhaps some suggestions on how to release the inmates without facing international backlash would be helpful.
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