Daniel Haqiqatjou

Just be defensive the whole time.

Like you want to be offensive and really put the opponent in the toughest position.

Got it.

And if you don't manage that right right from the beginning, then the debate kind of becomes a wash.

Right.

Because what Dinesh was trying to do was just say that, well, Iran is this crazy mullah country.

They just want to kill all Americans.

They chant death to America.

So obviously it's rational for us to want to, as Americans, to neutralize that threat.

That's just logical.

It has nothing to do with like we're controlled by Israel or the Israeli lobby.

And then Nick kind of he went off of that premise because the first opening statement was by Dinesh.

And then rather than like when you do an opening statement, like it's an opportunity for you to put your position, your main arguments, your best evidence, like in five, 10 minutes.

And it should be independent of the other person's opening statement just because the other person goes first.

Your opening statement should not be a reaction, like a response to their opening statement.

That response comes later.

The response comes later in the debate.

In your opening statement, when it's your turn, you have to give your own argument and your own position and keep the ball in your court until...

then it's the response period then both sides have to respond so in that response period rap you know my humble suggestion constructive criticism to nick would have been to um put your own best arguments in place and put all the pressure on dinesh to have to defend like why does the united states have this special relationship with israel when it's literally causing all kinds of problems economically for the us politically diplomatically like

These nonstop wars in the Middle East are bleeding America dry.