Series 1 : Episode 4 : Bashar Al-Assad should abdicate

My opponent has said 'I want to start by saying, its absolutely absurd that Slavic has given me the BOP. I will let the audience decide if I should truly be held by it. With that said, I am going to ignore much of my opponents OP. Refuting it does not defeat the BOP which I may have taken. Therefore, I will go with my own line of reasoning for R2.' oh hold on what does it say in the title? 'Bashar Al-Assad should abdicate' This is a positive statement and therefore the BOP is on Pro , I have also stated in Round 1 'Round 1 is for acceptance only , the burden of proof is on Pro . ' . My opponent makes the claim that what really is important that there are rebels within the country fighting against an aristocracy , the statement is semi-true but lacks a lot of detail , Rebels are fighting against the government - Yes and? . Aristocracy - Even though he has more power than an average president he has been elected into the position with 88% of votes voting in favour of him staying as the president . (http://en.wikipedia.org...) . My opponent also didn't analyse who the rebels are he simply makes the claim that because some people are fighting against a government this means they are good . ' Starting a brutal civiil war and turning 75% of the international community against him? This is not a purposeful president. ' I have already explained in the previous round the nature of the Syrian Civil War . ' Bashar Al Assad's seat in power is one massive struggle that's about to peak to 100,000 deaths. How is keeping him in power a good thing? ' My opponent makes the ridicilous claim that all civilians that have died in the conflict where killed by Assad I still have to wait for any evidence to come from Pro proving that 100,000 thousand civilians have been killed by Bashar al-Assad . How is keeping him a good thing ? - You are arguing in favour of him abdicating I'm simply refuting your arguments , Bashar al-Assad should stay because he is a legitimate democratically elected president fighting against terror groups . He should stay because he has the support of his people . Next my opponent brings up the topic of chemical weapons - 'The Assad regime has undoubtebly been using chemical weapons. ' My opponent has provided no proof or source to support his own claim . First of all Bashar Al-Assad is getting rid of the chemical weapons that the country has . 'On September 14, 2013, the United States and Russia announced an agreement that would lead to the elimination of Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles by mid-2014. In October 2013, the OPCW-UN Joint Mission destroyed all of Syria's declared chemical weapons manufacturing and mixing equipment.'' . (http://en.wikipedia.org...) I also forgot to mention that some rebels have addmited that they have chemical weapons . (http://www.youtube.com...) . There may be proof that chemical weapons have been used but there is no proof Assad has used them . Saudis and Qatar have spent millions on the Syrian Opposition and there is a possibility that they have provided them with it , they could have also made it myself or stole it from the government . 'Like all wars, many people flee the area of conflict. As seen with the recent Syrian election, many were willing to temporarily return to vote. Many were still to frightened to enter the country. We can assume that the downfall of Assad, would see the return of many refugees in Lebanon and Iraqi Kurdistan, which is sparking terrorist attacks from Al-Qaeda. ' Do you know what would happen if the rebels took over Syria? 20% of the population are alawities and christians who would be prosecuted by the radical Sunni government . Many refugges would still not return to Syria as many of them support Assad . (http://www.youtube.com...) (http://www.youtube.com...) . '. The US gets the excuse of saying that Assad is gone, and Russia can claim that Syria stayed out of rebel hands.There is no other option. Russia and the United States are both sending troops and officers to assist their allegiances.' Bashar al-Assad abdicating wouldn't solve anything it would simply be a next move for US towards invading Iran . Russia would be very angry at the formation of a sunni state in Syria . Conclusion = a big portion of my opponents arguments are just pretty pictures that my opponent assumes go against Assad . I have said in the previous round that I will adress -The Syrian Elections but I don't feel the need anymore as well have probably heard by now and -the true nature of the rebellion , which I will adress right now . Syrian Rebels are not one thing they are a very loose alliance which now can barely even be called that since different terror groups have been fighting against each other . (http://en.wikipedia.org...) . A study from last year claims that half of all Syrian rebels are hardline Islamists and I assume since than the number is even bigger . (http://www.foxnews.com...;) Simply look at the map of Syria ( http://en.wikipedia.org...;) and see how much terriotory ISIS controlls at the moment .