This is clearly an appeal to the ethics that accompanies a Roman with such a title. “We are rushing toward war without fully discussing why, without carefully considering the consequences, or making any attempt to explore what steps we might take to avoid conflict” (We Stand Passively Mute 5), Byrd is basically raising a signal stop for the Senate. It warns against human error and appeals to the authority of our founding fathers. Ad Naturam occurs when one appeals to Mother Nature herself, and to appeal to authority is to assert that a person with pronounced ethics is right about one's position on an issue. “But they foresaw the fragility of human nature and the inherent danger of concentrating too much power in one individual. This is why the Founders gave Congress, not the President, the power to declare war,” an obvious disapproval of giving too much power to the President (7). Byrd rightly and mildly uses ad misericordiam, that is, using pity to gain favor. “Rather, we owe it to the nation, its songs and its daughters to carefully examine all possible courses of action and to consider the long-term consequences of any decision to act (9). Byrd raises the tension by underlining the enormous burden the United States would take on if it overwhelmed Iraq. To a lesser extent Byrd uses antithesis to achieve this. Which means taking two different concepts and presenting them together, causing us to reflect on their divergences. “Because Iraq's entire military and security apparatus would need to be replaced, the United States should provide interim security throughout the territory. This kind of nation-building cannot be accomplished with the simple wave of a magic wand from a fairy godmother, not even with all the strength and power of the world's last remaining superpower behind her (11). Inserting humor and comparing a huge