HO+-+to+do+-+Afghanistan+nation+building

NATO advantage
- NATO is getting sick of casualties. They want to withdraw - US doesn't need NATO for counter-terrorism - NATO allies threats of withdrawals causing frays in the alliance - NATO needs to stay focused on European collective security, not on out-of-area operations - Afghanistan is a litmus test for NATO

Terrorism
- More ev that counter terrorism alone will be successful at shutting down terrorism - Ev that freeing up resources from Afghanistan will make it easier to shut down networks elsewhere in the world - More ev that nation-building efforts are what provokes terrorism - A2: arguments about counter terrorism provoking terrorism (air strikes, civilian casualties, etc.)