Stoa Policy Debate: Saudi Arabia (NEG)

Saudi Arabia is a key ally. In an imperfect world, we help allies even when they have bad stuff going on, because the net benefits of doing so is to our advantage. That’s why we gave substantial military aid to evil dictator/mass murderer Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union during World War 2 – because fighting Hitler took priority over fixing Stalin’s problems. When the war ended, so did the alliance and the military aid, and we opposed Stalin and everything he stood for. Likewise, Saudi Arabia is a strategic ally whose cooperation we need, both for economic and national security reasons. Canceling US military support for Saudi Arabia won’t fix their problems, but it will create lots of new ones for us and the world at large.