Instigator / Pro
11
1596
rating
42
debates
63.1%
won
Topic
#466

The US should increase military spending.

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
0
9
Better sources
6
6
Better legibility
3
3
Better conduct
2
3

After 3 votes and with 10 points ahead, the winner is...

blamonkey
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
5,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
21
1677
rating
24
debates
93.75%
won
Description

1: The BoP is shared.
2: A forfeit is an automatic loss unless apologized for in the comments.

Gah, I wish I explained my data a bit better.

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@Alec

It was agreed over PM that I could put my evidence here.

1. https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-10/can-you-name-five-remaining-communist-countries-world
2. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2152322/removal-north-korean-border-artillery-can-destroy-seoul-under
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-north-korea-war-south-koreans-die-killed-day-pentagon-analysts-rob-givens-james-stavridis-h-r-a7970356.html
4. https://taskandpurpose.com/us-military-defeat-war-china-russia
5. https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-us-military-comparison-2016-8
6. https://www.thebalance.com/china-economy-facts-effect-on-us-economy-3306345
7. https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/yemen/overview
8. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/08/03/Airstrikes-on-Yemeni-hospital-and-market-kill-at-least-55/1581533299688/
9. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/us-supplied-bomb-that-killed-40-children-school-bus-yemen
10. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/09/yemen-us-made-bomb-kills-and-maims-children-in-deadly-strike-on-residential-homes
11. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/yemen-aqap/
12. https://www.transparency.org/country/LBN
13. https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china
14. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1140.html

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@Alec

https://www.hrw.org/news/2006/07/22/us-soldiers-tell-detainee-abuse-iraq

This is my 6th source. Sorry about that.