Debate: Is an Attack on Syria Justified?
Should the United States and its allies launch air strikes against Syria in response to the Assad regime's reported use of chemical weapons?

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: The US attacking Syria would only create more problems no matter which faction wins, probably Al-Qa'eda.
Warrant 0: it is nevertheless great pr
Warrant 1: it is nevertheless bad pr
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: Americans should mind their own business.
Warrant 0: what is going on in Syria is US's business
Warrant 1: what is going on in Syria isn't US's business
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: Our military interventions in the Middle East always have bad outcomes for us.
Warrant 0: the US is not overdue for a Middle East intervention going right
Warrant 1: the US is overdue for a Middle East intervention going right
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: An attack on Syria would worsen things.
Warrant 0: we do not need to really make things bad for them
Warrant 1: we need to really make things bad for them
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: In order to avoid becoming fully involved in their war, we should stay completely out of everything going on in Syria.
Warrant 0: it is effecting the US and Europe and now the US must do something to help the problem
Warrant 1: it is not effecting the US and Europe and the US should not do something to help the problem
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: Regime change in Libya led to the murder of a US Ambassador, and attacking Syria could have similar results.
Warrant 0: bashar al assad is not as bad a leader as moammar gadhafi was
Warrant 1: bashar al assad is as bad a leader as moammar gadhafi was
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: There shouldn't be more violence in the region.
Warrant 0: attacking Syria would not stop further violence
Warrant 1: attacking Syria would stop further violence
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: US should attack Syria
Reason: Not our fight.
Warrant 0: it is NATO's fight and the US belongs to NATO
Warrant 1: it is not NATO's fight and the US belongs to NATO
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: US should not attack Syria
Reason: Syria has hurt its own people and it should be addressed.
Warrant 0: it is the place of the US to be the watchdog of the world when plenty of our own are being mistreated
Warrant 1: it is not the place of the US to be the watchdog of the world when plenty of our own are being mistreated
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: US should attack Syria
Reason: Punishing a country that violates the US Government's sense of morality without any threat to the US will harm society.
Warrant 0: Syria is out of control but what is happening there is not effecting the entire world as a whole
Warrant 1: Syria is out of control and what is happening there is now effecting the entire world as a whole
Correct warrant: 1