Israel will not experience a nuclear attack within the next twenty years

As I assume that like myself my opponent lacks a crystal ball. .. [/quote] Exactly. You don't have to prove to us with 101 percent certainty that Israel will not get nuked. In a court the objective of the defendant is not to prove with 100% certainty that he's innocent, he just has to prove that he is innocent beyond reasonable doubt. [quote]I trust that my adversary is satisfied with my interpretation and clarification of rules. [/quote] I am. [quote]Iran is not known to possess weapons of mass destruction. .. [/quote] . .. Yet. According to some experts, Iran will have fully functional nuclear weapons in a year or two. [quote="Wikipedia"]On 22 October 2007, Mohamed ElBaradei repeated that, even assuming Iran was trying to develop a nuclear bomb, they would require "between another three and eight years to succeed", an assessment shared by "all the intelligence services". A 2005 assessment by the International Institute for Strategic Studies concluded "if Iran threw caution to the wind, and sought a nuclear weapon capability as quickly as possible without regard for international reaction, it might be able to produce enough HEU for a single nuclear weapon by the end of this decade", assuming no technical problems. [/quote] (. http://en.wikipedia.org...) [quote]'The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program. [1] The support, encouragement and participation of the United States and Western European governments in Iran's nuclear program continued until the 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran. '[/quote] Yes, indeed. However, this happened 30 years back. World changes. [quote]'Tehran has denied pursuing nuclear weapons and insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes'[/quote] Of course they say that. If I was building a nuclear weapon, would I publicly tell every living soul, "I am building a nuclear arsenal! Watch out! !" or would I say, "Oh, you have it all wrong. I'm just making nuclear energy. " [quote]'Nonproliferation experts note Iran's ability to produce enriched uranium continues to progress but disagree on how close Iran is to mastering capabilities to weaponize. '[/quote] Russia has made an alliance with Iran, therefore possibly giving instructions and know-how on how to build nuclear weapons. . http://www.youtube.com... [quote]Secondly, in the next sentence I would like voters to note my opponents acknowledgement of his own willful ignorance of the details of the topic he has chosen to debate and the allegations he is making. 'president whatever'? .. .. .. whatever. [/quote] I would like the voters and spectators to notice that the president of Iran has a very long and complicated name. The only reason I said "president whatever" was because I could not remember his name. [quote]The text in fact reads 'United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives', not 'the US and Israel will soon end lives. '[/quote] 1) The two sentences are two different ways of saying the same thing. 2) I copied the sentence from the gray subtitle, since I did not wish to paste the whole text to my post. [quote]Fourthly, my opponent says: 'Russia is an ally of Iran. ' Please provide evidence of Russia having links beyond the scope of general business dealings with Iran. [/quote] I think the video I posted says everything ;) [quote]Fifthly, my opponent says: 'Barack Obama. .. does not give a poop about Israel'. Like all US presidents since Israel was created the Obama will be under extreme pressure from the Jewish-American corporate and political lobbyists to maintain good relations with Israel. [/quote] Barack Obama has not said a SINGLE time he supports Israel. Not during his campaign nor his term. Let's take a scenario, just for fun. It is the year 2013. Iran has acquired nuclear weapons and fires them on Israel. The president of the US has two choices. Either: A) Nuke Iran, and at the same time start the thrid world war, possibly a nuclear war. B) Not do anything and prevent mass casualties globally. C) Attack Iran withour using nuclear warfare, only to find the US Army overpowered by the Iranians and possibly Russia. This, too, could go out of hand and end up as something much larger. Since Barack Obama does not really care about Israel, he could easily just leave Israel for dead. [quote]It is clear to me (and I consider myself a rational being) that the best way of ensuring peace is diplomacy rather than aggression. .. [/quote] Tell that to the Iranian president. A radical dictator who wants to erradicate a country from the face of the earth and a nuclear arsenal are not a good combination. Well, have a nice day or night, whatever the time is in your location. I have to sleep, so see you all tomorrow.