Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur. And in cooperation with many of our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative—research to base deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend; on systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them. By these means we seek to increase the safety of Europe and all the world.
Reagan uses a logical appeal by explaining how the Strategic Defense Initiative is intended to work: instead of relying on offensive retaliation, it would use defenses to shield people. He then connects that reasoning to the goal of increasing safety in Europe and around the world. The focus is on the policy’s purpose and reasoning, rather than mainly on emotion or expert credentials.
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