Iran poses a laegitimate threat to the United States

Your rebuttals were 1. "Are you suggesting that September 11 is proof that Iran will attack us? You missed my point. I was simply pointing out that a small force can cause great harm" 2. "Iran realizes that the repercussions of a war with the US would be devastating for its people and its economy." Really? In truth, if Iran attacked us, we would be force to invade them. If it came to that, the Iranian people would not be so fond of USA forces. Furthermore, the rich wage war but the poor must pay. Iran's president has shown a lack of compassion for the poor of Iran and the harms of war. He tries to instigate war himself with Israel. Your point is false 3. "The American Revolution ... has absolutely no parallel between today's situation with Iran." Once again, simply an example of how a small force can have victory against a large force. **** After these two points, we must realize that you have not proved why the weak Iran can not harm the strong USA**** 4. "The US is allied with some of the most powerful nations in the world and has proved time and again that starting a war with it leads to inevitable failure." Not true. Terrorists have not failed against the USA yet. And most of our so-called allies are so out of fear. China has no reason to ally it self with us besides money. We have only 2 real allies, Israel and Britain, both targets of terrorists and possibly Iran. Iran has enough secret allies to harm us. To reference your own newsweek article, we else would Bush be afraid of WWIII if Iran was all alone. WORLD v IRAN does not make a WWIII 5. "One reasonable explanation (for the lack of terrorist attacks) is that almost no terrorists exist in the United States and few have the means or the inclination to strike from abroad."" Not always true. The status quo gives little inclination, but that doesn't mean a step up on Iran's part will not change that. (See 4)But as long as there is a possibility of a terrorist threat, we should take a proactive stance and try to stop it. 6. "The intelligence community had warned the FAA for years of possible attacks and the FAA dismissed them" My point was, we did not think a terrorist attack would happen on September 11. We weren't ready, and we didn't expect. A warning is that there is a reason to believe it could happen. Furthermore, every single piece of evidence comes after 9-11. I wan to see something before the fact, before the event, and i will believe it. ****After these three points, we can see that my opponent has not proved why another attack on the USA is impossible, or not going to happen. Since there is a possibility, we should try to stop it**** 7. "The Iranian people are not a group of radical, anti-US fanatics as your friend Fox News likes to paint them." First, I had no source title because I watched it on TV a few weeks ago and just happened to remember it. I do not believe that Iranians are all anti-US fanatics. I do believe that there is enough of the population that dislikes us (for good reason) and could cause some worry 8. "Your next two points rely on your previous points, which I have already proven to be dubious." Not true. My 5th point that Iran was not weak had nothing to do with that. You ignored it. My 6th point only used that point as an example. So those two points still stand. 9 "I'm not going to respond to this claim until you provide some sort of evidence for it. If children are brainwashed from birth to hate America, why do so many teenagers support the US? Your logic here doesn't really make any sense." I am not an encyclopedia. I do not source everything. Why? because i see it somewhere and remember it. Not responding because i have no source is not an attack. Teenagers are known to be rebellious. They go against the norm. I am a teenager. I know. I do this sometimes. The point was children don't like us, my teenagers rebel against the norm and do like us. It isn't the best proof, but like i said, I remembered it from past and used it. ****This all proves why Iran has motivation to attack us. Most of it was never refuted. we must all agree then, that Iranians have motivation**** 10. "That's fine, but the resolve here is that Iran poses a threat to the United States, not Israel. " ****This point wins it for me. He ignores key facts that I brought up a. Iran will attack Israel b. USA will protect Israel c. Iran will fight against USA This means one thing. Iran is a threat to the United States. Since my opponent ignored this, he loses