M.U.N. 3/3

Today we held our first mock debate. The topic at hand was "Whether or not the United States was justified in its invasion of Iraq". I was assigned to the pro-war side, which served as a struggle for me seeing as I am neither pro-war, nor pro-American. I had to struggle to come up with reasons to support the current war effort. The best I could come up with was "Saddam was a threat to national security and had already amassed certain parts capable of nuclear weaponry." The realization that there are few to no good, rational arguments to support the war has really reaffirmed my opinion that the chief exports of the United States are missiles and lies. It was good practice for my debating skills to argue something that I oppose in real life. The next debate should involve the switching of sides in order to be fully prepared for M.U.N.