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Afghanistan

COIN Good
COIN Good Aff DDW: Plan: The United States federal government should implement
a phased withdrawal of its ground troops engaged in counter-terrorism presence
activities in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Advantages: Drug War, NATO, Hegemony

COIN Bad
COIN Bad Aff SDI: No Plan Text/Reduce COIN
Advantages: SCO, Iran

COIN Bad Aff DDW: Plan: The United States federal government should implement a
phased withdrawal of its ground troops engaged in population centric counterinsurgency
presence activities in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Advantages: Hegemony, NATO, Warlords, Terrorism

Withdrawal Aff 4 Wk ENDI: The United States federal government should reduce
military presence necessary for the counterinsurgency mission in Afghanistan.
Advantages: Hegemony (COIN Bad)

Withdrawal COIN 7WK MI: The United States federal government should reduce
military presence necessary for the counterinsurgency mission in Afghanistan.
Advantages: Hegemony, Insurgency

Withdrawal Aff Seniors GDS: Plan: The United States federal government should
withdraw nearly all forces dedicated to counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan.
Advantages: Afghan Stability (US/Russia/China War, Indo-Pak War, Central
Asian and MEast wars), Hegemony, Offshore Balancing (Oil shocks – Econ
collapse), Terrorism/COIN Bad, Pakistan

Withdraw Combat Troops

Withdrawal Aff Capitol: The United States Federal Government will substantially
reduce its military presence in Afghanistan by withdrawing all deployed combat troops
in the region.
Advantages: U.S. Economic Collapse, Afghan stability, Israel
Relations/Security, Counterterrorism

Special Ops
Special Ops Good Aff NUDI: The United States federal government should withdraw
at least nearly all troops not dedicated to Special Forces Operations from Afghanistan.
Advantages: Afghan stability (Pakistan/Russia draw-in), Iran (Prolif,
Terrorism, Energy/Oil Prices), NATO, State Budgets, Chinese Resource
Wars, Special Forces Advantage (Human Rights), Obama Legitimacy/Int’l Cred.

Counternarcotics Bad
Counternarcotics Bad Aff DDW: Plan: The United States federal government should
substantially reduce its counternarcotics forces in Afghanistan focused on drug
interdiction and opium eradication and substantially reduce the presence of the US Air
Force and other forces that conduct aerial bombings in Afghanistan.
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Advantages: Drug War, Air Power

Interdiction Aff Juniors GDS: Thus the Plan: The United States Federal
Government should withdraw troops performing interdiction missions in Afghanistan.
Advantages: COIN Good, NATO

Opium Aff GDI: No Plan Text

Advantages: EU relations, Ethnic strife/Afghan stability, Karzai Cred/Pakistan
Stability, NATO Relations, Opium Brides, Positive Peace, Poverty/Afghan
Stability, Terrorism, Cuomo/Fem. Structural Violence

Drug War Aff UNT: The United Stated federal government should substantially
reduce its police presence in Afghanistan by ending all counter-narcotics missions in
Afghanistan.
Advantages: COIN Good, Afghan Stability (Central Asian War), US
Leadership/Cred, Terrorism, Afghan Corruption

PMC
PMC Aff Seniors GDS: Plan: The United States Federal Government should remove
its Private Military Contractors from Afghanistan.
Advantages: Human Rights, Rape/Patriarchy, COIN Good, Terrorism

Bagram
Bagram Aff Seniors GDS: 2 Possible Plans:
Nate Cohn Style – Plan Text: In the next available test case, the United States Supreme
Court should rule that the United States federal government must close the detention
center located at Bagram Airbase on the grounds that detention at Bagram Airbase
violates the International Convention Against Torture.
Advantages: International Law, Afghan Stability, Human Rights Violations

Max Hantel Style – Plan Text: In the next available test case, the United States Supreme
Court should rule that the United States federal government must close the detention
center located at Bagram Airbase on the grounds that detention at Bagram Airbase
violates the Convention Against Torture.
Advantages: Securitization/War on Terror Rhetoric Focus, Racial Profiling

General Critical
Critical Withdrawal Aff 6 Wk ENDI: Plan: We call for the United States Federal
Government to substantially reduce its military presence in Afghanistan.
Advantages: Just/Good War Rhetoric, Imperialism, Solvency based on
Role of Ballot to reject language of militarism

Drones
Drones Aff SDI: No Plan Text – Withdraw drones from Afghanistan.
Advantages: Modelling (Sc.1 Destroys humanitarian international law, Soft
Power Impacts, Warming impacts/Sc. 2 New Weapons Tech), Terrorism,
Pakistan Stability
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Iraq

Withdraw Troops
Withdrawal Aff JDI: The United States federal government should guarantee that it
will abide by the Status of Forces Agreement signed between the United States and the
Republic of Iraq requiring the removal of all U.S. presence by December 31, 2011.
Advantages: Afghanistan (Central Asian War/Indo-Pak War), Hegemony, Iraq
Instability, Terrorism

Withdraw Aff KNDI: The United States Federal Government should pullout all
United States’ troops and police from Iraq by August 2010.
Advantages: Iraq stability, US-Turkey Relations (Democracy, Central Asian
War, US-Russian War, Iran Prolif), Hegemony

Withdraw Aff NUDI: No Plan Text – Withdraw troops by SOFA deadline

Advantages: Iraq Stability, Hegemony, Soft Power, US-Iraq Relations, Turkey
Relations, Afghan Redeployment, Oil (Key to Iraq stability, High Oil Prices
Bad, US-China Relations)

Withdraw Starter Aff GDS: Thus the Plan: The United States Federal Government
should reduce its military presence in Iraq to 50,000 non-combat troops by August and
fully withdrawa by the end of 2011.
Advantages: Iraq Stability, US-Iraqi Relations, Democracy

Withdraw Aff DDW: Thus the plan: The United States federal government should
withdraw all troops from Iraq by 2011 as specified by the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement.
Advantages: Iraq Stability, Iran (Prolif, Terrorism, MEast/Central Asian War),
Military overstretch (Economic Collapse), Soft Power

Unconditional Withdraw Aff 4Wk ENDI: The United States federal government
should phase-out its military presence in Iraq to the point of elimination by December of
2011.
Advantages: Conditioned Withdrawal Bad/US Leadership, Iran (US-Iran
War/US-Sino Trade War)

Withdraw Aff SCFI: Plan: The United States federal government should withdraw all
ground forces from Iraq.
Advantages: Iraq Instability, Violence Against Women, US-Russian Relations
(US-Russian War/US Leadership), Terrorism

PMC’s
PMC’s Aff Juniors NUDI: The United States Federal government should terminate its
contractual outsourcing of Private Security Forces in Iraq.
Advantages: ILaw (US cred/Genocide and war), COIN Good (CMR IL/Nuclear
Terrorism), Democracy, Neoliberalism Bad, Military Readiness

Withdraw PMC’s Aff Seniors NUDI: No Plan Text

Advantages: Democracy (CMR IL/ME Democracy), Human Rights Cred (Soft
Power), Iraq Stability (COIN Good), World Econ/Pakistan Instability, State
Controlled Violence Good
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Tech/Weapons
Combat Zones That See Aff JDI: Plan – The United States federal government
should remove and prohibit Combat Zones That See in Iraq.
Advantages: Cyborg Warfare Bad, Technocratic warfare bad, Rep’s first

Depleted Uranium Aff NUDI: Thus the plan: The United States Federal Government
should withdraw all spent and unspent depleted uranium munitions in Iraq including
cleaning and/or decontaminating areas contaminated by depleted uranium in Iraq.
Advantages: Genocide, International Law, Environment, Levinas, Imperialism

General Critical
Colonialism Aff DDW: Plan: The United States Federal Government should
withdrawal all of the United States Federal Government’s military and police presence
from Iraq
Advantages: Colonialism/Imperialism

Critical Aff Whitman: No Plan Text

Advantages: Imperialism, Biopolitics, Human Rights, Racism

Japan

Withdraw Base/Troops
Withdraw All Aff CNDI: PLAN: The United States federal government should
substantially reduce its military presence in Japan by withdrawing all currently stationed
military forces.
Advantages: Regional Instability, Moral Obligation

Withdraw All Troops Aff MI: Thus the plan: The United States federal government
should substantially reduce its military presence through the phasing out of all US troops
in Japan.
Advantages: US-Japanese Relations (US-Sino over Taiwan War), Japanese
Politics (Warming impact), Japan Rearm Good (NK War)

Withdraw All Ground and Some Air/Naval troops Aff JDI: Plan: The USFG
should withdraw all ground forces from Japan and should withdraw some or all air and
naval forces from Japan.
Advantages: US-Japanese Relations (Sino-Russian containment), East Asian
Instability (East Asian nuclear war/Econ Collapse)

Withdraw Misawa Air Force Base and Futenma Aff DDW: Suggested plan text:
The United States (Department of Defense or federal government) should withdraw all
active service members in the military from the Misawa Air Force Base and all but the
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit from the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Advantages: Hegemony, Japan Rearm Bad, Japan Rearm Good, Japanese Politics
(Econ Collapse), Global Instability (US-Sino over Taiwan war/Russian Economic
Collapse/South Korea War), Oppression, Environment (Coral Reefs), Dugongs,

Withdraw Futenma/Henoko Aff UNT: Plan: The United States federal government
should remove its military forces at Futenma and Henoko Bay from Japan.
Advantages: US-Japanese Alliance, DPJ Credibility (Econ Collapse),
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Withdraw Okinawa Troops Aff SDI: The Plan: The United States federal
government should renegotiate the Agreement Between the Government of Japan and
the Government of the United States of America Concerning the Implementation of the
Relocation of III Marine Expeditionary Force Personnel and Their Dependents from
Okinawa to Guam to relocate to the point of elimination the United States Marine Corps
presence from the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.
Advantages: DPJ Credibility (Afghanistan/Econ Collapse/Japanese Soft Power
key to prevent diseases/Warming), Regional Stability (US-China war/US-NK
war), Demographic Crisis, Environment (Ocean ecosystem/dugong), US
Economy

Withdraw Futenma Facilities and Personnel Aff UTNIF: Plan: The United
States federal government should close the Futenma military facility and move the
remaining personnel to bases located in the United States.
Advantages: US-Japan Relations/Alliance Good (Regional stability/sea
Commerce/prolif/terrorism

Gender
Withdraw All Aff GDS: No Plan Text
Advantages: Patriarchy, Historical Analysis Key

Withdraw from Okinawa Gender Aff Seniors GDS: No Plan Text

Advantages: Fem IR, Democracy, Environmental Justice, Rape, Military
Prostitution, Discourse Key Underview

General Critical
Withdraw from Okinawa Aff UNT: Plan: The United States federal government
should remove its military forces from Japan.
Advantages: Environment (Coral Reefs/Dugongs with a key to redefining
security card), Imperialism

Withdraw All Aff UNT: Plan: The United States federal government should end its
military presence in Japan.
Advantages: Militarism, Nuclear Deterrence Bad, Peace Movements Solvency

Withdraw from Okinawa Security Aff Sophomores GDS: Thus the plan: The
United States federal government should phase-out to the point of elimination its
military presence in the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan.
Advantages: Security (Militarism/Colonialism), Memory, Racism, Environment

South Korea

Withdraw Troops
Withdraw Aff 6Wk ENDI: No Plan Text/Withdraw US troops from Korea
Advantages: Korean War (US-NK War/China-assisted Korean Reunification/ NK
Denuclearization), ROK Modernization, South Korean Soft Power, Six Party
Talks, Japan-South Korean Relations, US-South Korean Relations

Withdraw Aff 7 Wk Jrs MI: The United States federal government should implement
a phased withdrawal of its ground troops in the Republic of Korea.
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Advantages: Korean War (Econ Collapse/CBW’s), Reunification, Succession,
Regionalism, China, ROK Modernization, Overstretch/War on Terror

Withdraw Troops Aff NUDI: The United States Federal Government should remove
its military presence in South Korea.
Advantages: Korean War, NK Nuclearization, Asian Regionalism, China, ROK
Modernization

Withdraw Troops Aff SCFI: The United States federal government should withdraw
its troops from the Republic of Korea.
Advantages: Korean War (Reunification/NK denuclearization), ROK
Modernization

Withdraw All Troops Aff JDI: No Plan Text; Remove all presence from SK.
Advantages: SK Conventional Buildup (China rise), Six Party Talks

Withdraw Troops Aff GDI: The United States Federal Government should
substantially reduce its military presence in South Korea by immediately withdrawing a
substantial number of deployed active forces.
Advantages: NK War, Japan (Japanese Independent Defense – checks Chinese
Aggression/East Asian stability)

Withdraw Troops Aff DDW: Thus the plan: The United States federal government
should eliminate its military presence in South Korea.
Advantages: Korean War, China (Prolif)

Withdraw Troops Aff Whitman: Plan: the United States federal government should
substantially reduce its ground force military deployments in the Republic of Korea.
Advantages: Korean War, NK Prolif, Flex Forces (US Heg/Terrorism)

Joint Military Exercises

Stop Joint Military Exercises Aff JDI: No Plan Text; Stop Joint Naval exercises.
Advantages: Inter-Korean Relations, China

No First Use
No First Use Aff UNT: No Plan Text; Change US policy to No First Use
Advantages: Korean War, Korean Denuclearization, Global NPT, Disarmament

Gender
Withdraw Aff UNT: No Plan Text
Advantages: Rape/Patriarchy, Sex Trafficking

Withdraw Aff MI: Hence the plan: The United States federal government should
substantially reduce its military presence in South Korea.
Advantages: Rape/Patriarchy, Structural Violence

Prostitutes Aff DDW: Plan: The United States federal government should withdraw
all of its military presence from South Korea.
Advantages: Patriarchy/Sex Trafficking, Disease (AIDS),Dehumanization
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Turkey

TNW’s
TNW’s Aff CNDI: Plan: The United States Federal Government should remove its
tactical nuclear weapons from Turkey.
Advantages: Proliferation (NPT/Preemption), Russia (US Russian Relations key
to heg), Terrorism

TNW’s Aff DDW: The United States federal government should remove the United
States federal government’s B61 bombs from Turkey.
Advantages: Terrorism, Iran (Turkey-Iran relations key to Nabucco pipeline
– EU energy independence, Russian econ reform/Israeli strikes), ME Stability

TNW’s Aff JDI: Plan: The United States federal government should end it’s non-
strategic nuclear weapons presence in the Republic of Turkey.
Advantages: Regional Diplomacy (ME War/Iraq War), Iran (Nuclearization/LEU
Swap – Israel Strikes)

TNW’s Aff MI: Text: The United States federal government should withdraw its tactical
nuclear presence from Turkey.
Advantages: Iran Prolif, Russia (US-Russian War/IndoPak War)

Critical TNW’s Aff UTNIF: Thus, we demand: That the United States federal
government should end the presence of its tactical nuclear weapons in Turkey.
Advantages: Critical preemptive war

Insurlik Air Base

Withdraw from Insurlik Aff GDI: The United States federal government should
substantially reduce its military presence in the Republic of Turkey by withdrawing its
airlift and surveillance capabilities from the Incirlik Air Force Base.
Advantages: PKK (genocide), US-Turkey Relations (Terrorism/Iran
Prolif), Erdogan and the AKP (Econ collapse), Iraq Stability (US Presence
Good – Civil war, Biodiversity), US-Russian Relations (Accidental launch), NATO
Bad

General Military Presence

Animal Soldiers Aff JDI: Thus we present the following plan: The United States
federal government should end the military deployment of animals in Afghanistan, Iraq,
Kuwait, and South Korea.
Advantages: Animal Rights, Ethics, Anthropocentrism/Deontology/ Predictions
Bad Underview

Drones Aff UNT: The United States federal government should substantially reduce all
target killing and assassination forces from the topically designated countries.
Advantages: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Virtual War, War on Terror,
Hegemony, COIN Good

Japan/South Korea Aff ENDI: Plan: The United States federal government should
substantially phase out its military presence in Japan and South Korea.
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Advantages: Hegemony (US-NK War/Offshore Balancing Good), Japan-South
Korea Relations (Democracy Impact/Myanmar Stability)

PMC’s
PMC’s Aff GDI: No Plan Text; Remove PMC’s from Iraq and Afghanistan
Advantages: Iraq Forces (COIN Good), Hollow Forces (Afghanistan), Geneva
Convention (Bioterrorism/Democracy), Human Rights Credibility (Soft
Power/China/Terrorism), Readiness (Heg/War/Miscalc/NK/Iraq/Econ), CMR
(Genocide/Iraq/War), ILaw Good (Leadership/Environment/Self-
determination/War), Executive Power Bad (Human Rights
Violations/Preemptive Wars/Democracy/US Leadership), Afghanistan COIN
Good, Unilateralism Bad, Afghanistan War on Drugs Good (Afghan Stability),
Spending (US Econ Collpase/US-Russian Relations with education tradeoff IL),
Canadian JTF (Canadian Soft Power w/ILaw Good/Quebec Succession Bad IL to
US Leadership and NORAD Impacts and Arctic Conflict), British Special Forces
(Terrorism), US Special Forces (Lose Columbian oil supply – Oil adventurism,
Oil shocks, Latin American stability)

PMC’s Neoliberalism Aff GDI: Thus, the Plan: The United States federal government
should remove is private military presence from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Advantages: Neoliberalism Bad (Wars/Genocide/Destroys VTL), Non-
Combatants (Destroys VTL)

PMC’s Aff Seniors GDS: Plan: The United States federal judiciary should rule that its
contracts with private military companies performing combat operations in Afghanistan
and Iraq should be terminated on the ground they violate international law by meeting
the definition of a “mercenary” under Article 47 of Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions.
We’ll clarify.
Advantages: Afghanistan (COIN Good/Pakistan Instability/Central Asian
War/Saudi Arabia Oil), Human Rights Cred (US Leadership/Terrorism/NK
War), ILaw Good (Environment/Leadership/Prolif/Terrorism), Iraq Stability
(Civil War/ US-Iraq Relations), Multilateralism