by Graydyl

Created on: June 14, 2008   Last Updated: September 09, 2008

Erwin N. Griswold once said, "The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights." The U.S. should not endanger its citizens and itself by involving itself in another cause in which it had no part in the first place. Both the U.S. and the countries involved have a right to refrain from intervening. This doesn't mean that the U.S. can never intervene; there just isn't an obligation to intervene. This statement is not promoting isolationism, the U.S. can still venture out and perform good deeds in the world, but it's just not obligated to.

The value in this debate will be justice, because that is any government's duty, to ensure that each and every one of its citizens receives rights according to the rules of law or equity. Justice can only be achieved by at least protecting people's inherent rights with social contract, which is the criterion. Governments are created to accomplish things that couldn't have been done by individuals. The government exists to serve US in international conflicts, those people have the right to overthrow their own government to create a new, better one, but that's their responsibility to their own nation, not ours. Also, this resolution does not pertain to intra-national conflicts, only obligation to mitigate international conflicts. I stand to oppose the resolution, "The U.S. is morally obligated to mitigate international conflicts."

Contention One: No human being or government is obligated to do anything. One of America's stressed identities is defined by the idea of U.S. citizens having freedom of choice, freedom of speech, freedom in general. The U.S. is not obligated to do anything; mitigating international conflicts would be a choice in which the U.S. is willing to intervene. In fact, the countries involve dint he international conflict should come to the U.S. and ask for assistance; they should also be willing for the U.S. to intervene. If their government is weak and unable to satisfy their needs, they should ASK for help, not sit and wait for the U.S. to save the day.

Contention Two: the whole point of creating a government was to better serve the country's people. The government was formed to perform tasks that individuals themselves could not complete. Governments exist to protect heir own nations. The Constitution makes the U.S. government accountable to its own people. The U.S. should not be mitigating international conflicts in other countries; its own citizens should be the priority.

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