CUSA and the Model United Nations at UCI presented

"The Question of Iraq: America Debates its Role in the World"

Thursday, October 30, 2003

7 - 9 p.m.

Crystal Cove Auditorium

UCI Student Center

American foreign policy is being hotly debated at home and abroad. What are the issues behind the controversies? Are we heading on the right course?

On October, 30, 2003 as part of "The People Speak: America Debates its Role in the World," a nationwide event including hundreds of debates, we were proud to present a debate on the question: 

Should the US use preemptive military force to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction?

Debaters included:

• Bach Ho - Ayn Rand Society

• Vanessa Zuabi - Society of Arab Students

• Ryan Mikyta - Irvine Review

• Alexander Phillips - Irvine Progressive
  
  Audience participation will be encouraged during the question-and-answer period following the formal debate.

View the program for the event (Adobe Acrobat Required)
 

This event was part of The People Speak: America Debates Its Role in the World, a nationwide public education effort to stimulate a national dialogue about the future of U.S. foreign policy. This debate comes at a critical time in our history as the outlines of a new U.S. approach to promoting national and global security are emerging on the ground – in Iraq – and in the statements of senior government officials.

Our debate on October 30th was part of an effort to attain a  goal of hosting 1,000 debates across the country during October 2003 and truly engage Americans in this important issue. More information about this effort can be found at http://jointhedebate.org/