The U.S. House of Representatives impeached American President Donald Trump for a second time in 2021. Trump was accused of fomenting an insurrection against the democracy he was sworn to protect, one of the most serious accusations that could be made against a president. In 2022 President Joe Biden, and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken, declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a speech attacking Russia for war crimes. As with Trump, commission of war crimes is one of the worst accusations that can be leveled against a military leader. This paper analyzes these three important texts as instances of persuasive attack. These attacks addressed the two essential components of an attack, discussing offensiveness of the actions and blame for these actions. This analysis reinforces the utility of the Theory of Persuasive Attack and helps illuminate important recent discourses employing attacks.

2021 年，美国众议院第二次弹劾美国总统唐纳德·特朗普。特朗普被指控煽动叛乱，反对他宣誓保护的民主，这是对总统可能提出的最严重的指控之一。2022 年，总统乔·拜登和他的国务卿安东尼·布林肯宣布俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京是战犯。乌克兰总统泽连斯基发表讲话，抨击俄罗斯犯有战争罪。与特朗普一样，犯下战争罪是可以对军事领导人提出的最严重的指控之一。本文将这三个重要文本作为说服性攻击的实例进行分析。这些攻击解决了攻击的两个基本组成部分，讨论了这些行为的冒犯性和对这些行为的指责。