Resolved: President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan is in the United States' best

As best said by John McCain, " We cannot let the Taliban and its al Qaeda allies conquer Afghanistan once more. Failure of this kind would also destabilize the entire strategically vital region, including nuclear-armed Pakistan." Since 2001, the USA and many other countries have been fighting in a nasty war against the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Islamic militants in Afghanistan. This war has consumed too many valuable US citizens, innocent Afghan civilians and needs to be ended soon. However, we cannot handover countries to the radical rule of Islamic groups such as the Al Qaeda. If we do not increase the number of troops in Afghanistan, the whole world's future is in jeopardy. Resolved: President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan is in the United States best interest. I'd like to offer the following definitions for clarity: Al Qaeda: An international terrorist organization whose goal is to establish a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world by working with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and expelling Westerners and non-Muslims from Muslim countries. Best: Excelling all others. Contention#1 USA need to finish the war in Afghanistan to save lives Since 2001, the USA and many other forces have been fighting the Taliban, Al Qaeda and Radical Islamic Militants who are trying to gain a foothold in Afghanistan. Since then around 866 Americans have died in combat according to the US Department of Defense. By sending more troops to Afghanistan, we can end this now and we make sure that this war does not drag on for longer which will take not only young American lives but also innocent Afghan. According to CNN and John McCain, this war cannot be won with any less than an additional 40,000 troops. According to Obama's plan, the USA will send 30,000 to 40,000 extra troops and NATO will send another 5,000 troops to help end this war. With this many soldiers, the USA and the world will be able to win and accomplish its goal of wiping out Al Qaeda and any radical Islamic groups harboring in Afghanistan. Eliminating radical Islamic presence in Afghanistan will also stop the many human rights violations which have occurred repeatedly during the Taliban rule and free the Afghan people. The troop increase is the best options not only for the USA but for the whole world. Contention#2 The monetary and human costs of an 9/11 attack are much more than the cost of sending troops to Afghanistan. The cost of the September 11 attacks came to around $2 trillion dollars with a tremendous fall in global markets which is incalculable (Institute for the Analysis of Global Security). With the tremendous monetary costs were the 3,000 innocent human lives that died on that terrifying day. We cannot let an attack like that happen again. However, the only way we can guarantee that is by taking down the organization which helped the 19 killers, Al Qaeda. By sending 40,000 more troops we have a better chance of capturing Osama bin Laden and making sure an attack so brutal never occurs again. The costs for sending this many troops will be high, around $40 billion dollars. However, this is much lower than how much an attack such as 9/11 would cost and we can save many innocent lives. No amount is too much when it could save innocent people. There is no question that President Barack Obama made the right decision in sending 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Because of this, the war will end sooner not putting our future in jeopardy. Finally it will cost less money and innocent human lives to send troops to Afghanistan to root out Osama bin Laden and destroy Al Qaeda. I urge a pro ballot in today's case.