Torture is a practice that should be avoided by the US.

Hello, this is my first debate outside of tournaments. Please give me feedback if possible. Also, any way you want to format your speech is fine, just make it legible and sensible. Thank you. I hereby affirm that torture should be avoided by the US for the following reasons. C1: Ineffectiveness Torture is absolutely not producing the results we want in the status quo. A US Senate report on the CIA's advanced interrogation practices have shown that out of 39 detainees that were subjected to the advanced interrogation practices, seven produced no information while in custody. Also, we must note the lack of factual information within these practices. The US Senate report continues to say that often detainees would fabricate information to avoid the torture practices, which included the CIA's highest priorities in terrorism. What this means is that we could actually slow down our ability to target the international problem of terrorism, since we receive faulty information from the people we interrogate. This also means that the justification of torture being an effective way to get information is clearly false. according to an International Business Times article published on December 9, 2014, torture actually strengthens the will of the person being tortured, leading to the detainees resisting. The entire belief behind many terrorist organization is that the United States is spreading influence through evil means. This means by torturing and subjecting the suspects to inhumane torture justifies the detainee's reason for being a part of a terrorist organization. Thus, we play into the hand of the enemy by strengthening the unity shared by the group. So, to prevent the horrendous misinformation and ineffectiveness in our information system, let us affirm. C2: Torture can be easily used as a recruitment mechanism The Taliban regularly uses Guantanamo Bay's torture programs as a recruitment mechanism by painting the US as a harmful Western influence. According to The Atlantic in 2013, A magazine created by Al Qaeda used the Guantanamo Bay issue in their magazine "Inspire" to show how the US has treated the people in the prison in a distasteful way. The magazine then urges people to join the Jihad. Of course, there are obvious problems here. Notably, the fact that continued torture has become a danger to national security by strengthening the resolve of the terrorist organizations. John Brennan, who was the director of the CIA in 2013 backs up my statement by saying that our nation will be safer once Guantanamo Bay is closed. Considering the current recruitment of ISIS members on social media, we see that this form of propaganda and anti-American ideals can be fostered in the minds of people who will then rebel against the great nation. To prevent more people joining an already powerful force of people whose intent is to take down the United States, let us affirm. C3: Harming innocent people It is not always the guilty part within the chambers of Guantanamo, in fact, it is more likely than you probably think that their are innocent people who are subjected to the inhumane practice of torture everyday. According the the US Senate Report on the CIA's advanced interrogation program, 26 of the detainees in Guantanamo were falsely detained and subjected to the common torture techniques. Not only is this number considered a conservative guess according to the New York Times in 2014 by many human rights groups, but it also shows how dangerously close we are to becoming a paranoid nation. Yes, we have a reason to be afraid, no, we don't torture people who are innocent for information they cannot have. Also, I would like to note that there are more detainees who are simply considered unable to be prosecuted due to lack of evidence, and that only six prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are actually facing charges for crimes, according to The Atlantic in 2013. We need to act now to salvage our information gathering system, so let us affirm. In recap, we are torturing innocent people, to get faulty information, which will then lead to more people being recruited by Al Qaeda. The system of torture in the status quo is clearly flawed and alternative measures for information gathering need to be researched and used to prevent the abuses and general incompetence of the system, such as using peaceful means of interrogation and offering help to the detainee. Ergo, vote affirmative to realize the broken system. Sources http://web.archive.org... http://www.ibtimes.co.uk... http://www.theatlantic.com... http://www.nytimes.com... Note: After this offer your constructive argument building your case, and then we will do rebuttals, and then finally final statements.