CBA Debate: Invasion of Iran.

I am in favor of invading Iran and its nuclear facilities. CONTENTION ONE: IMPLEMENTATION METHOD A. Immediately bomb known nuclear reactors. B. Urge U. N. and foreign allies to assist in the stability operation. Send in as many soldiers as can be spared from both America and ally nations. C. Appropriate withdraw when everything is stabilized. CONTENTION TWO: BENEFITS BENEFIT ONE: FEMINISM A. Women are put to death for irrational reasons. --- . http://www.iran-press-service.com... "The Islamic Republic is increasing brutal treatment of women in Iran despite calls from the European Union and international human rights organisations to pay more attention to the appalling human rights situation. The Islam-based Judiciary, a power that like all other important organs of the regime is directly controlled by the leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh'i, has ordered the death of at least four women in the last six months, all of them on charges of prostitution or "attitude contrary to the "Charia'a", or Islamic laws. Hajjiyeh Esma'ilvand, a thirty years-old woman from the northern city of Jolfa, on the borders with neighbouring Azerbaijan, is the latest victim of Islamic laws, was sentenced to death on accusation of having a sexual relationship with an Azeri man. " B. Women are forced to wear unindividualized clothing. --- . http://www.downtownexpress.com... "In Iran, when a woman steps outside her house, she has two choices: She can wear the chador. .. Or she can chose the manteau. .. The Islamic dress code, called the hejab, imposed by the 1979 revolution, mandates that from the start of menses, a woman outside of her home or in the presence of an unrelated man must completely cover her hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothing to hide the contours of her body. Any woman found to be "badly veiled" can by arrested and jailed by the morality police. " --- It isn't so much that women are forced to wear certain clothes, but rather, the fact that women are not allowed to express themselves. The internal impact of this sort of behavior is unjustifiable even for cultural claims. C. Gender apartheid must be stopped. --- . http://bostonreview.net... "Iran's political-legal system is founded on apartheid, on unjust and untenable discrimination among members of society. Social opportunities and privileges are not distributed on the basis of merit, but according to such indefensible criteria as race, religion, and allegiance to the political regime. .. Unfortunately, gender apartheid has not drawn as much outrage around the world as racial apartheid has. The international community was rightly united in its opposition to the regime in South Africa that denied blacks equal rights with whites, and it rose up to topple that system. But it has voiced little opposition to many societies in which the rights of women are systematically trampled upon. Under the guise of cultural pluralism, or respect for religious freedom, some clerical leaders have even rationalized gender apartheid. In Iran, those in power justify gender apartheid with religious arguments and claim divine origins for it. They accuse internal critics of violating divine edicts, and through such intimidation they hope to silence defenders of women's rights. " D. Specific harms of women. --- Same Source "Here are some of the most important arenas in which the rights of women are disregarded in the name of religion. .. 1) Health and the value of life. Statistics show that Iranian women suffer more than men from hunger and malnutrition, and they have less access to health care. .. 2) Sanctity of the body. Women's rights to the sanctity of their bodies are freely violated in Iran. Women are, on a large scale, victims of rape, coerced sexual relations with their husbands, domestic violence, and all manner of insults and sexual violations in the public domain. .. 3) The most visible injustices are the humiliating physical punishments meted out to women who have broken the law or are convicted of crimes. For example, the punishment for a woman who engages in an extramarital sexual act is whipping or stoning. According to the law, these punishments must be carried out in public. .. 4) Work outside the home. One of the most important freedoms is the ability to safely seek employment outside the home, to choose one's work, to find employment without discrimination, and to receive fair pay. But Iranian women who work outside their homes must first gain the right to leave home when they wish. .. 5) Mobility and free assembly. If a woman is not entitled to leave her home to work without her husband's permission, neither can she leave it to buy groceries or visit her parents. In many Islamic countries, including Iran, women cannot leave the country without the written permission of their husbands. .. 6) Free expression and political participation. In a despotic society (such as racial apartheid), even men are deprived of the rights to free expression and political participation, but religion imposes especially strict limits on women in this area. .. 7) Marriage and family. Family law is the arena where women's rights are most trampled upon in the name of religion. Religious rules as well as traditional culture largely deny women the right to choose their husbands. Most often, men choose their mates, and, particularly in non-urban areas, girls must follow the wishes of their fathers; only a father's permission makes a marriage acceptable in both civil law and Shari'ah. In family life, most crucial decisions about children are made by the father. .. 8) Education. While women's access to education in Iranian society has improved, considerable obstacles remain. Women's entry into certain fields is either entirely barred or severely limited. .. " ---These atrocities against women must come to an end. Invading Iran would have a clear effect on the immoral norms of the society. BENEFIT TWO: HEGEMONIC CONTROL A. Iran needs to be controlled or else power could become uncontrollable. --- . http://www.issues.org... "The world would be a more dangerous place with nuclear weapons in Iran. A Persian power with a keen sense of its 2,500-year history, Iran occupies a pivotal position straddling the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. The country has the largest population in the Middle East, the world's third largest oil reserves, the second largest natural gas reserves, and aspirations to again become the region's major power. Add nuclear weapons, and this mixture become highly combustible. .. Iranian officials have justified this effort as part of an ambitious plan to build 20 nuclear reactors. Though controversial enough in and of itself, Iran's activities also include the pursuit of several nuclear material production technologies that, if mastered, could provide Tehran with the ability to enrich uranium for fuel rods and to process these fuel rods for disposal. If these facilities are completed, Iran would become only the sixth nation in the world able to convert uranium into gas commercially and only the ninth to be able to enrich that gas for fuel. These same facilities could be used to enrich uranium and to extract plutonium for weapons use. .. Within Iran, the program is now fused with passionate nationalism. Iran's program is a source of national pride across the political spectrum" B. My implementation method clearly would be able to take out the nuclear facilities in Iran and overall set them back from taking over the deadly title of 'Middle East Hegemon". The United States needs to step up into it's own role as the world hegemon and take out this imminent threat. -Good Luck! I have a lot planned for my next round so be ready!