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File Name | S21-Policy-Stoa-13-AFF-Syria.docx |
File Size | 81.13 KB |
Date added | October 25, 2020 |
Category | Archived |
Tags | Debate, Policy, Season 21, Stoa |
Author | Kirstin Erickson |
Since 2014, the United States has been conducting military operations in Syria. This was originally limited to airstrikes against the Islamic State, but the military commitment only escalated, with new and increasing objectives and missions. In 2019, President Trump declared ISIS to be defeated in Syria and ordered a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. This decision was met with serious backlash for a variety of reasons: concerns that terrorism still remained, that the U.S. would be abandoning their allies, that this would mean victory for Russia. As a result, Trump initially reduced, but did not completely withdraw, US troops in Syria and just recently (Sept 2020) started increasing it again. This case argues that Trump was right the first time. The justifications for withdrawing from Syria are that there is no achievable beneficial objective to US troops in Syria, and the downside is horrific: escalation of conflict into World War 3 with Russia. The 2A brief has an extended section of disadvantage responses, since this is going to be the majority of the negative strategy.