Overview -Terrorism is one of the most misused and under-utilized impacts in debate -It has a devastating combination of timeframe

and magnitude -It is both a blunt instrument and a surgical knife -Being a well-researched terrorism debater will put you in a spot to crush -To be successful you have to be a MASTER, and the only way to do that is to follow these set of rules Rule 1 There is no spoon -Terrorism is not an impact -It has horrible uniqueness -There is no scenario for it -Terrorists dont exists -Terrorism is an internal link to other impacts Rule 2 Know Youre Enemy -Pick youre terrorist organization -Al-Qaeda and Associated Movements -AQI (Al-Qaeda in Iraq) -AQAP (Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula) -AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) -Al-Shabaab -Hamas Palestinian political party that controls the Gaza Strip -Hezbollah Far right wing Islamist militant group in Lebanon -Jemaah Islamiya -LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) -Muslim Brotherhood -FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia) -For the purpose of this topic Al-Qaeda is probably youre best bet -Know everything about that organization -Who its leaders are? -Where are they located? -How are they trying to take our freedom? -We are in a WAR against the terrorists -What is the United States trying to do to stop them -There are tactical changes that occur WEEKLY Where am I going to find all of this information?

-Combating Terrorism Center -American Enterprise Institute Critical Threats Project -Small Wars Journal -The Long War Journal -Terrorism and Political Violence -Studies in Conflict and Terrorism -George Mason Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center -Foreign Policy/Foreign Affairs Rule 3 All Youre Bases Are Belong to Us -The terrorism impacts usefulness comes from its flexibility -Even if you never use them, you should have an impact master file -You need to be blocked out and have carded answers to standard impact defense arguments ready to go Rule 4 A Game of Chess is like a Sword Fight You Must Think First, Before You Move -There are many different ways of defeating the terrorists -Defensive -Military -Policing -International Cooperation -Root Cause -You want to be as deep as possible on why that is the ONLY way to defeat terrorists and why the affirmative is key to that Rule 5 You Cant Be Nice to Terrorists -Dont straddle the middle or run to the left -The liberal intelligentsia has tricked itself into believing that these are people that can be reasoned -But more importantly, if you try to be nice to terrorists you will ALWAYS lose to the K -You will also make it easier for the negative to solve your advantages Debating Terrorism Phase 1 the Impact -This is where the moneys at -Winning the terrorism impact successfully is based on a three-pronged model 1) Core Scenario 2) Turns to every negative or affirmative impact

3) Add-On Scenarios -A new way of understanding timeframe -Try or Die is a phrase that should be in EVERY final speech with a terrorist impact -Two implications 1) Status quo is always bad and always causes extinction 2) If they have a counterplan there is no impact to a net benefit Debating Terrorism Phase 2 Conquer Your Enemies and Hear the Lamentations of their -Counterplans -Beating critiques with a terrorism advantage is EASY you just need the right weapons. -The Appeasement DA A different animal AND the same beast Terrorism on the Topic -Aff -Affs will try to protect infrastructure from terrorism -Airplanes -Ports -Nuclear transportation -Trains -Can also be an advantage to something like hegemony or military advantages -Neg -Terrorism DA to infrastructure arguments -Politics Scenarios will inevitably end up having terrorism impacts -Impact to prices disads, etc Now, Everything I Just Told You is a Lie -Terrorism is really not that big of a threat. -This is important for two reasons 1) Accepting this reality will give you a better ability to beat back the true arguments 2) For the negative Three Strategies for Getting Rid of a Terrorism Advantage 1) The Case

2) Counterplans

3) Critiques