Tournament: WEast | Round: 1 | Opponent: Emporia RayJessica | Judge: OU Debater
Costello 10/1 (Ryan, Policy fellow, National Iranian American Council, October 1st, 2013, 12:06 PM, “A Historic Week for Iran Diplomacy,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-costello/a-historic-week-for-iran_b_4023809.html)
Last week's historic events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly could foreshadow a fundamental shift
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that "Iran poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region."
Diplomatic capital is finite - Even simple items undermines negotiation power and foreign policy
Walt ‘09, 7/27/2009 (Stephen M. – professor of international affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, Nibbled to death by ducks?, Foreign Policy, p.http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/27/nibbled_to_death_by_ducks)
Moreover, trying to advance the ball on so many different fronts simultaneously carries its
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actually make the other items on their agenda easier to accomplish later on.
Nebehay 4/22/13 (Stephanie, Reuters writer on UN and Middle East, “Iran is biggest threat to nuclear pact's credibility: U.S.,” http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/us-nuclear-npt-idUSBRE93L0US20130422)
(Reuters) - Iran's nuclear program poses the greatest threat to the credibility of
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its obligations under the NPT as well as Security Council and IAEA resolutions.¶
Allison ‘6 – Graham Tillett Allison Jr., Graham Allison is an American political scientist and professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. (“The Will to Prevent,” Harvard International Law Review, Fall 2006, page lexis)
Meanwhile, Iran is testing the line in the Middle East. On its current
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us to have control of weapons of destruction that can threaten our existence.”
Middle East war goes nuclear and escalates globally
Steinbach 02 John, Israeli Nuclear weapons: a threat to piece, March 3http:www.converge.org.nz/pma/mat0036.htm
Meanwhile, the existence of an arsenal of mass destruction in such an unstable region
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whatever reason- the deepening Middle East conflict could trigger a world conflagration."