Could our troops REALLY be going home?

According to a CBS report, a group of senators is pushing for President Obama to get approval from Congress if he should remove soldiers from Afghanistan after this year. The senators, a tea party member, democrat, and libertarian are saying that their trying to seek the American people's best interest. There are many proposals, one that would lead the removal of the troops entirely by 2016. The mission for pushing President Obama to accept this notion is "meant to give Americans a voice in the costly process of sending American soldiers to war" (Pg. 1) The group of senators is criticizing the president for costing the country a lot of money to fuel an on-going war. The focus is to make sure the president "should not have unilateral, unchecked power to deploy troops" (Pg.1).

This report was on the blurred lines of invitational rhetoric. Feminist scholar Sonja Foss introduced this concept and said that invitational rhetoric must encompass equality, immanent value, and self determination. I found that the senators were sort of taking that needed to step to discover these things. In regards to equality, the senators were attempting to level the playing field by proposing this resolution to the president and asking him to be more inclusive in regards to decisions in the military arena. These decisions that previously disregarded immanent value of the soldiers and their families and therefore forced a military and political agenda to take flight instead.This proposal will allow some essence of self-determination in the American people because they can take ownership on who they elect in congress to represent their voice as fully as possible. I stated prior that this proposal is on the blurred lines, and does encompass some traditional aspects of rhetoric. Does congress really represent the American people as trustworthy as it can? By past record, I argue not, and can certainly see in the future, this proposal facing many hurdles as it makes its way to Congress.  However, we as an audience will be somewhat invited into the world of the rhetoricians to hear their stance on military action overseas, and just maybe we can share our stance too.