President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan is in the US' best interest

As this is Round One I will simply post my own case and the refuting can begin in Round two and finish in three. Since I am upholding the Pro stance I will define President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan. My definition of this plan will be based on the speeches he made March 27, 2009 and December 2, 2009. I would also like to add that his plan is much more extensive and does not solely include the 30,000 new American troops being sent. = The 30,000 new American troops being sent will focus on securing and protecting the country's top population centers, including Kabul, Khost, and Kandahar, the Taliban's spiritual capital. Military officals said that two brigades would go south, with the third going to eastern Afghanistan. Military officials said that they could maintain pressure on insurgents in remote regions by using surveillance drones and reports from people in the field to find pockets of Taliban fighters and to guide attacks, in particular by Special Operations forces. The strategy also includes explanded economic development and reconciliation with less radical members of the Taliban. "Pakistan's biggest threat right now comes internally," President Obama said. "We have huge national-security interets in making sure that Pakistan is stable and that you dont end up have a nuclear-armed militant state." The United States, he said, could "make sure Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is secure-primarily, because the Pakistan army, recognizes the hazards of those weapons' falling into the wrong hands."= I will define best interest as being the most beneficial to the well-being of the United States as a whole. Which in my case, preventing a nuclear war and saving millions of lives. I will also define Nuclear Threat- The threat of Nuclear attacks against the United States by terrorist groups. Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden have publicly proclaimed their goal is to kill "4 million American" because that is the number of deaths that America has caused by being in the middle east. ===Contention One=== The threat of a Nuclear War outweighs the rick of sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. According to Seymour M. Hersh November 16, 2009 Pakistan has been a nuclear power for two decades, and has an estimated 80 to 100 warheads, scattered in facilities around the country. Al-Qaeda's thrid-in-command has told Al Jazeera, a news-reporter, that the group would use Pakistan's nuclear weapons against the US if it gained access to them. By going through with Obama's plan and sending these troops to the Middle East, slowing down the insurgent's progress, and attempting to harmonize with less radical Taliban members, the United States can prevent these nuclear weapons from falling into the wrong hands. ===Contention Two=== Without these troops being sent, the war in Afghanistan WILL BE LOST, thus giving Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces a safe haven and raising the chances of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal being taken. Imagine Al-Qaeda having its finger on the button of up to one hunred nuclear missles and you quickly get an idea of the mortal danger the world is facing should Pakistan fall. Amazingly, most Americans seem unaware or simply unconcerned. As the United States and NATO have known for years that Pakistan has been internally unstable, due to Al-Qaeda members and Pakistani Talivan members, it has become obvious that something must be done. This war in Afghanistan is a way for the United States to keep a check on the Al-Qaeda and Taliban forces. Obama's strategy for these countries is in the United States best interet for the reason that without it, a nuclear threat is highly probable. The stakes for the United States are enormous. Taliban forces attack U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan from their havens along the Pakistan border. That is where Osama bin Laden and other Al-Qaeda leaders behind 9/11 are thought to have refuge and be plotting new attacks. The ultimate nightmare is that extremists will gain access to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. The head general in Afghanistan, Stanley A. McChrystal, stated in his request for more troops "that unless significantly more troops were sent, the war in Afghanistan was likely to be lost." We must prevent the Taliban and Al-Qaeda a safe haven and nuclear weapons. For these reasons and more I fully support that President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan to prevent a notable terrorist threat in Afghanistan and a nuclear armed Al-Qaeda is in the United States best interest.