Debate: Give Iran a Nuke

You’re the United States. We say, give Iran a nuclear bomb.

[Time-space: Around 2014, before the Iran Nuclear Deal Framework and the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action, commonly understood as the “Iran Deal”]

1. Philosophy
   a. Self-Defense
   i. Nations Have The Right Of Self Defense
2. Individuals have the right to self-defense because without that right, no other right can be realized.
3. Nations are comprised of consenting individuals seeking, among other things, to protect their individual interests and rights.
4. Nations therefore are allotted the same right to self defense
   ii. Nuclear Defense is necessary to fulfil the standard of self defense
5. Supposed enemies have Nukes, therefore MAD is the only actual defense.
6. MAD is the actual world security standard
   a. Countries access this through either having nukes or falling under a nuclear protectorate. We say that Iran will not choose the American protectorate because America has not acted in good faith and (as will be discussed) has actively harmed Iran. Therefore the preferable option is gain them as an ally by giving them a nuke so that they need not rely on countries not espousing American values to fulfil this philosophical burden.
   b. Diplomacy
   i. Treating Countries Differently Is Unjust
7. Opp has the burden to provide a standard applied consistently that Iran fails that the current nuclear powers don’t meet.
8. Laws and policies ought be constructed consistently and publicly.
   a. A law that some are allowed to violate and others punished harshly is not a law, it is an arbitrary application of force that violates the rights of those affected.
   ii. Treating Countries Differently Is Unwise
9. We identify two primary aims and benefits of diplomacy, both of which are confounded in the status quo by our policies
   a. Peace: Good because it encourages prosperity, raising quality of life for all involved, as well as saving lives and avoiding tragedy. Here’s how peace is confounded:
   i. Creating in-groups and outliers creates, perpetuates, and entrenches our feeling that our countries are forever a harmful “other.”
   ii. Mutual hatred gives rise to a relationship in which both parties actively and intentionally harm the other, a situation obviously in the US interest to avoid.
   iii. By destabilizing the country and denying it prosperity, we create extremism and violence that fundamentally oppose peace.
10. Terrorism
11. Hostile Government
    b. Prosperity
    i. A result of peace, prosperity increases the quality of life of both parties, which we say is a government obligation under the social contract.
12. America better fulfils its contract and allows Iran to fulfill that contract
    iii. Sovereignty
13. We say that sovereignty is another a priori right of countries.
    a. Without clear, respected borders, no government or structure can fulfil the burden of national defense
    b. Without international respect of those borders, populations see their government as illegitimate, leading to aforementioned harms of instability, violence, and nationalistic and othering rhetoric.
14. These Sanctions Violate Iran’s Sovereign
    a. Sanctions are understood to be a threatened punishment for an illegal actions. The only way this standard is met is through the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which we say is not sufficient
    i. NPT violated with impunity by Israel
    ii. NPT voluntarily entered by Iran and therefore they can opt out, and do so de facto when they seek nukes.
    iii. NPT relies on a mutual exchange:
15. haves must eliminate stockpiles
    a. Still 22,000 nukes, enough to destroy the world over
16. Share benefits of peaceful nuclear tech
    a. We disallow all nuclear technology in Iran, shutting down plants that served reportedly peaceful purposes.
    b.