One two three let's do this thing first off collective thanks to the room for being here appreciated for sure with that in mind we should definitely just get sharing it's at the debate the resolution given to us today is that the US should militarily engage Iran as far as definitions are concerned I think this is really contextual the u.s. we're talking about the United States of America should whether or not it's a good idea militarily engage Iran it's asking us to question whether or not we should military engage the nation that is Iran really straightforward you're white mechanism in today's round is going to be a cost-benefit analysis essentially I just want you to evaluate whatever costs are presented by the negative team today and whatever benefits might be generated by the affirmative and make a decision as to whether or not we should engage in this type of action I have four points for you today they're really straightforward so let's get right into him first point are Iran's repeated threats to the nation of Israel now recently aqwal recently about two years ago often dinner shot infamously said that you would like to blow Israel off of the map well why is that important for the United States of America it's important because Israel is one of our leading allies in the region and not only in the region but in the entire world at large according to Al Jazeera NBC foreign affairs CBS The Wall Street Journal the New York Times study done by Harvard a study done by MIT basically a large consensus in literature right now agrees that Israel is a necessary component for us to be able to reach sustainable peace in the Middle East now if that's going to happen we're gonna have to be able to protect our investments in Israel and we're gonna have to be able to keep Israel afloat and if aqua energy odd wipes them off of the map that ability to reach sustainable peace in the Middle East simply isn't going to happen but it goes on even further according to an article written by the world policy chair excuse me Journal in 2013 Israel is a heavy contributor to United States military tech right now they go on to say that most of the military electronics that we use in things like airplanes and still Bombers comes exclusively from Israel thus the United States of America needs to protect Israel in order to guarantee that they're able to be able to get these advancements in technology that means that not only do we protect the Middle East by do we protect our investments in the Middle East by protecting Israel but we protect our investments abroad because we're able to get these advancements in technology the policy journal continues on to say that if we let Iran take Israel out it negates the last ten years of work that the United States of America has done in the Middle East essentially if Iran can revolt against Israel in the United States of America let it happen everything we did in Iraq and Afghanistan is null and void because we're now taking a step...
