Stoa Policy Debate: Withdraw From Somalia (AFF) [UPDATE -- PASSED!!!]

Case Summary: The US has direct military involvement in Somalia, trying to reduce the effectiveness of the terrorist group Al-Shabab. But US involvement only fuels the fire. Al-Shabab derives its support by recruiting from people angry about foreign intervention in their country and by the excesses and abuses of the US-backed Somali government that uses harsh measures to crack down. The net result is that our counter-terrorism efforts are only making things worse. Whatever happens after we pull out, it won’t be worse and will likely be better than what we’re supporting now.

UPDATE 12/8/20: This plan went into effect within 24 hours of its set release. It is now the status quo. Since the Stoa resolution is uni-directional, meaning we can only “reduce” as Affirmative, the case cannot be inverted. We will keep this plan published for our Monument Member Archives, but this Somalia plan must be abandoned as affirming the Season 21 Stoa resolution.