Tournament: Wake Forest | Round: 1 | Opponent: Mcdonough ER | Judge: Alex Duner
Uniqueness - A military strike on Syria will be authorized by Congress in the coming week – but Obama’s political capital is key to it’s success
All Voices 9/1/13 (Hsaqib, former Editor for the National Daily, and#34;First round of Syria Battle will be fought in the Congressand#34
Although President Barack Obama-http://www.allvoices.com/people/barack_obama has taken a U-turn on Syria strike and put
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members of Congress return in September over government budgets and the debt ceiling.
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Syrian strikes are key to prevent Iranian proliferation and an Israel strike on Iran
Slavin 8/31/13 (Barbara, Aljazeera America, and#34;Hitting Syria to Deter Iranand#34
Although President Barack Obama may soon launch a limited military strike on Syria for its
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Hezbollah, the most powerful pro-Iranian organization in the Arab world.
Iran prolif destabilizes the entire region and causes extinction
Ward 12 – studying for a Masters in International Relations from Durham University, cites Krieger, Tepperman and Waltz (Alex, 03/02, and#34;Iran’s Nuclear Programme and the Stability of the Middle East,and#34; http://www.e-ir.info/2012/03/02/irans-nuclear-programme-and-the-stability-of-the-middle-east/)
All in all, Iran’s nuclear programme has already had a profoundly destabilizing effect upon
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strategic order, plagued by the spectre of all-out nuclear apocalypse.