Debating A Neocon

[BrandonF]

Hey there. My friend and I debate. Alot. What comes up most is foreign policy. He believes that we need to be over there and if we don't then innocent civilians will be killed by terrorists. I try telling him that we kill many civilians ourselves but he says that there is no proof. Also he believes that there is no proof we are arming the Syrian rebels and that in the past, we overthrew the Iranian government. He truly thinks we need to be over there to make peace. I wish he would see through Fox news. Could you help me with facts and strategies that I could debate him with?

[dmo069]

Smack him on the head. When he says "Why did you do that?", say "This is how our foreign policy works when you don't agree with us."

[James Madison]

woah woah woah, wait a minute. He actually says there isn't any 'proof' we overthrew Iran back in the 50s? Uh.....

[BrandonF]

Yeah. I try to show him but he only believes "credible" sources. (Not MSNBC, ABC, CNN) Basically, he only believes Drudge, Reuters, and Fox. Help please!!

[James Madison]

Well, if that's the case then he's being willfully ignorant of the facts. The only way to approach the issue of foreign policy is to point out how unsustainable these endless wars have become, reducing our once-great economy to a debt-hell service economy with a currancy rapidly losing its value. The country will collapse and most of the idiots who can't figure this out will starve to death along with their families. History shows this to be correct.

[LibertyEagle]

I read about how our CIA helped to overthrow Mosadeqh on the CIA's website. All those docs are now public.

[Sola_Fide]

Tell him he's right. Just a little longer over there and there'll be peace.

[BrandonF]

Thank you. I found some great videos. He's a debater just like I'Reily. Not so pleasant haha. I hope I can change this.

[Jusenkyo]

]Also he believes that there is no proof we are arming the Syrian rebels and that in the past, we overthrew the Iranian government. Could you help me with facts and strategies that I could debate him with?

Tell him to look up a little thing called Operation Ajax. It's all unclassified information now.

[Pauls' Revere]

Google: "Operation AJAX"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax

also:

See "the British mandate" for facts about palestine and lawrence of Arabia.

http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_mandate_overview.php