Resolved: Current U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East Undermines Our National Security

For the second round I would like to provide a brief road map. I will be going down my opponent"s case point-by-point and then, if I have characters, rebuilding my own, as well as making a few points of my own. Point 1 Terrorism Now, as I cite later in the round, we should have an accuracy rating of 0.001% of hitting a terrorist, or 1 in 937. However our rate is over 200* what it should be. Why? Because Our policy on terrorism is working. He says we are not being an effective force, but we are incredibly efficient at killing terrorist wen comparing the odds. Point 2: Iran This point is meant to show that Iran is progressing in it's nuclear program. Now, how much is 20% prity? My opponet does not cite the purity needed for nuclear weapons, which is 90%. [1] This clearly shows that their research is very slow and our foreign policy is working if the highest grade they have is still 70% less then needed for nuclear capabilities, not including the technology to deploy these, such as nuclear submarine and intercontinental ballistic missiles. Point 3: Middle eastern Allies/ Public opinion. Subpoint-A: My opponet says a key that unlocks the "non sequiter" in his argument. "If we do" then our policies will crumble no matter who wins. At this current time we are not, therefore our current policy is not undermining our national security. Since we are not involved in the conflict, this premise is invalid unless our opponet can prove otherwise. Subpoint-B: Public Opinion Now, my opponet says that our job in the middle east is to win the minds of the people, yet he switches to the U.S instead of the people that live in the middle east. Why? Because the Middle east LIKES us. In a Arab opinion poll 2 times as many Iraqis believed the region was better off then worse off. In that same poll, Political freedom, Economic development and employment, Education Healthcare, Personal safety and security, Relations with neighboring countries, Government, Women"s rights, Religious freedom were all on a positive uptrend. [4] Defending my own case: The first thing I would like to address is my opponent"s first point. He says that "The morale of our troops is weakened." This does not affect our foreign policy, and so is a strawman. Also, morale =/= Militaristic capabilities. Extend arguments on Cyber-terrorism. Extend Arguments on energy Dependance. Now my opponet says we are hitting "60% Iran civilians, 18% terrorist 2% American Civilians." Even if he did, let us assume that. There are 74,798,599 citizens in Iran. (For percentage purposes, we will round up to 75,000,000.) [2] There are around 80,000 terrorists. [3] Doing some simple math, we get a total of A 1 in 937 chance of hitting a terrorist. Rounding up 18% to 20% and doing the math, we get an accuracy rate of over 95% on hitting terrorists , as in our methods are working, thus invalidating my opponent's point. Now to make some of my own new arguments: 1. The spread of democracy (Which my opponet did not contend) Has dealt a huge blow to Middle east Extremists With the spread of democracy and other American principles as I have said, Peace in the middle east is one step closer with the introduction of a better government. In the words of Paul R. Pillar, Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown and former National Intelligence Officer: "The opening of democratic channels for the expression of political demands will further weaken the appeal of Islamist radicalism." With the hold of Radicals Being broken, the middle east is getting better, thus showing our foreign policy is working. 2. Terrorists have failed many times trying to do terrorists acts. Whenever something bad happens, you see it on the news. What you don't always see are the failed assassination attempts behind the scenes. Like you must of heard about the deadly Spokane Bombing plot! [6] Or the Dearborn Plot in Michigan! [7] Or the Biological weapons outbreak in Georgia! [8] Or The Car Bomber in Portland! [9] Point is, our national security is as strong as ever, catching these criminals before they get us and cause tragedies to happen. 3. Osama Bin Laden Himself wrote about the American's successful Drone Attacks. "Bin Laden wrote a 48-page memo to a deputy in October 2010 that surveyed the state of his organization. He was particularly concerned that al Qaeda's longtime sanctuary in Waziristan in Pakistan's tribal areas was now too dangerous because of the campaign of American drone strikes there that had picked off many of his key lieutenants." The campaign of drone strikes was said to work by OSAMA BIN LADEN HIMSELF! If they strike fear into the hearts of one of one of the most ruthless terrorists of all time, it must be working. 4.. Libyan citizens like our foreign policy According to US State Department in 2011, 100% efforts at the UN to respond to calls of help from the Libyans were answered by the United States. These people like us now because Our foreign policy has helped the region [4] Sources: [1] http://www.reuters.com... [2] www.google.com/publicdata [3] http://owni.eu... [4]http://www.aaiusa.org... [5]http://www.nydailynews.com... [6]http://en.wikipedia.org... [7] http://en.wikipedia.org... [8] http://en.wikipedia.org... [9] http://en.wikipedia.org... [10] http://articles.cnn.com...