Instigator / Pro
1
1294
rating
75
debates
18.0%
won
Topic
#1439

The United States should stay out of foreign entanglments

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
1
0

After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

billbatard
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
One day
Max argument characters
1,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
0
1477
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Description

The constitutional Founders of this Nation warned of foreign entanglements to avoid empire, and its harms, and yet here we are all over the chessboard we've been in afghanistan like what 20 years? does sit ever get better? unless a nation directly threatens us or our interests we should stay out of the global soap opera we never sem to make things any better

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

80% forfeiture, con had three rounds to defend their case or assault pro's, this is a pretty overwhelming problem.
Pro's appeal to tradition, and pointing out how well it works for the Swiss, win pro the debate (again, in large part to it being unchallenged for so long). I also don't buy cons argument when it comes to trade, as this debate was clearly intended to be about wars (as the description showed with Afghanistan).