Current U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East undermines our national security.

Thank You for a timely response!I will first strengthen what this debate is about, refute my opponents refutations, refute their arguments, and then go back to my own.First, I want to point out my opponent never touched my framework, so I assume that he agrees with itNow, my opponent says that my first argument is non-topical since I need to prove that the current US foreign policy in the Middle keeps keeps the US safe, relative to other possible policies.This can only be true if my opponent brings up a different plan that is better than the current foreign policy.Only then, does the con have to prove that the current foreign policy is better than the pro's proposed foreign policy. His refutation to my second argument is that its too narrow to refute, and his arguments will contradict that.Since Al Qaeda is the most dangerous terrorist group, and number one most wanted terrorist group brought down by the US, it is a very important part of US foreign policy and warrants a refutation.So, let's go to my opponents caseThey have two parts to their argumentLives, and Money.They talk about how if we had withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan sooner, more lives would be saved, and hundreds of billions of dollars would be savedFirst, about evidence, I would like to see the URL for the dollar quantity, if that is all right. Also, I ask my opponent for the evidence that immediately pulling out the troops would save all 2,000 lives.Now, to refute the merits of the argumentFirst, lets talk about livesEver since our current foreign policy has killed Osama bin Laden, There has been a 35 percent drop in casualties caused by the Al Qaeda network in the year following bin Laden’s death compared to the year before. Judge, clearly if we hadn’t fought the Iraq or Afghanistan wars, the amount of people dying from terrorism would instead be increasing.As the negative team, we will not be losing so many lives. We will stop terrorism and decrease terrorist caused deaths by 35%, according to National Counterterrorism Center’s Worldwide Incidents Tracking System. According to The Atlantic, 13,288 people killed by terrorist attacks last year. Judge, this means we will be saving about 4,700 lives every year. Over a century, this number would amount to 470,000, which outnumbers our opponents 2,000 lives being saved. Judge, my opponent is advocating for 2,000 people willing to give up their lives for America being saved at the expense of 13,288 innocent people killed by terrorist attacks every year. Judge, you cannot let this happen!Second, lets talk about money,Judge, you must realize that no price tag can be placed on human life. The US fought these wars to prevent additional people dying from terrorism. Ever since our current foreign policy has killed Osama bin Laden, There has been a 35 percent drop in casualties caused by the Al Qaeda network in the year following bin Laden’s death compared to the year before. Clearly, since my opponents arguments have been refuted, I will go on to my own.My first argument is that without the current foreign policy, terrorism will increase. Judge, this is DETRIMENTAL and this cannot happen. So whatever my opponent says about how there are other solutions, you have to understand that by implementing these different solutions, terrorism will increase, and that is something the US does not want to go through. My second argument is that Al Qaeda has significantly dropped in threat level since Osama Bin Laden's death, which was was a part of the US foreign policy.There was a 16 percent drop in successful attacks by the Al Qaeda network in the year after bin Laden"s death compared to the year before.There was also a 35 percent drop in casualties caused by the Al Qaeda network in the year following bin Laden"s death compared to the year before.There were only 81 successful attacks by the Al Qaeda network in Pakistan since bin Laden"s death, down from 159 the year before.There were 0 successful attacks by the Al Qaeda network in the United States since bin Laden"s death. Judge, under the current US foreign policy, Al Qaeda has decreased in potency and has decreased as a threat.Since, the con has proven why the current US foreign policy is NOT undermining our national security, and that all the solutions my opponent presented were shut down, you have to vote con in this debate.I would like to thank my opponent for their time, and good luck on their next round.Thank You