Debate: Do Drone Attacks Do More Harm Than Good?
Strikes have fueled anti-American sentiment, but also have taken out some terrorist targets. Are they making the U.S. safer or just more hated?

Claim: Drone attacts make more good
Reason: Drones are a deterrent.
Warrant 0: drones deter us of the actual mission
Warrant 1: drones do not deter us of the actual mission
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Government usage of drone's will inevitably lead to using drone's on citizens.
Warrant 0: citizens will behave better
Warrant 1: citizens will not behave better
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Drone attacks are impersonal and indiscriminate of targets.
Warrant 0: being impersonal is what spares the lives of soldiers
Warrant 1: being impersonal is not what spares the lives of soldiers
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Drone attacks are impersonal and indiscriminate of targets.
Warrant 0: they save the lives of military personnel so they don't have to send so many people into an extreme combat situation
Warrant 1: they don't save the lives of military personnel so they have to send so many people into an extreme combat situation
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Government usage of drone's will inevitably lead to using drone's on citizens.
Warrant 0: the government has no issue authorizing attacks on civilians anyway, and at least drone attacks are safer for American soldiers
Warrant 1: the government has no issue authorizing attacks on civilians, and drone attacks are not safer for American soldiers
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Drone attacks are impersonal and indiscriminate of targets.
Warrant 0: everyone needs to see who they are targeting
Warrant 1: no one wants to see who they are targeting
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Drones kill innocent people.
Warrant 0: collateral damage is necessary as part of a war and ultimately drone attacks deliver peace
Warrant 1: collateral damage isn't necessary as part of a war and ultimately drone attacks deliver destruction
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Drone attacks are impersonal and indiscriminate of targets.
Warrant 0: our soldiers are spared from the mental anguish of killing in person
Warrant 1: our soldiers are not spared from the mental anguish of killing in person
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Drone attacts make more good
Reason: Drones are needed to battle a repressive culture that results in oppressed women and dead soldiers.
Warrant 0: needed is not an overstatement
Warrant 1: needed might be a tad of an overstatement
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Drone attacks make more harm
Reason: Drones may prove to be more dangerous to their present users in the future.
Warrant 0: drones are only dangerous to their present users
Warrant 1: drones are very dangerous to their present users
Correct warrant: 1