Debate: Has Support for Israel Hurt U.S. Credibility?
Is support for Israel so entrenched in American politics that the U.S. has lost credibility and influence in the Middle East?

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: Israel doesn't appreciate what we give them.
Warrant 0: supporting an unappreciative country only makes the US look selfless and charitable
Warrant 1: supporting an unappreciative country only makes the US look dumb and stingy
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: Israel is costing the US money and international reputation.
Warrant 0: reputation is not important, and this way Isreal is indebted to the US
Warrant 1: reputation is very important, and this way Isreal is indebted to the US
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: Supporting Israel undermines US national interests and policies in such an absurd way it is not understandable.
Warrant 0: undermining our interests makes the US look absurd
Warrant 1: undermining our interests helps the US look friendly
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: By arming Israel with military support, we are supporting their living under occupation as a broken people.
Warrant 0: they are not a broken people
Warrant 1: they are a broken people
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: Israel is acting inhumane.
Warrant 0: Israel has been involved in horrible actions
Warrant 1: we need Israel and can overlook its actions
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: American foreign policy needs to serve American interests, not AIPAC or the Jewish state's paranoid pursuit of apartheid empire in the Mideast.
Warrant 0: the best way to get the rest of the Middle-Eastern countries to destroy Israel is by staying out of it
Warrant 1: the best way to get the rest of the Middle-Eastern countries to destroy Israel is by sticking our noses in
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: As a nation, it is well known that Israel has a stockpile of nuclear weapons that they should be forced to give up.
Warrant 0: no nation not allied with the US deserves nuclear weapons for protection
Warrant 1: any nation allied with the US deserves nuclear weapons for protection
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: America has historically misled Muslims while allowing Israel to have weapons of mass destruction.
Warrant 0: Israel wil misuse weapons of mass destruction
Warrant 1: Muslims will misuse weapons of mass destruction regardless
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: Israel is a dishonest broker and has commited crimes against innocent people. They have broken promises and have an atomic bomb.
Warrant 0: we don't want them to bomb us, but they wanted to
Warrant 1: we don't want them to bomb us so it's better to be friends with them
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Supporting Israel hurts
Reason: Israel is costing the US money and international reputation.
Warrant 0: the money spent on support Israel will not be returned once Israel is politically sound
Warrant 1: the money spent on support Israel will be returned once Israel is politically sound
Correct warrant: 0