Round Reports

• Tournament: NDT | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
  
  

• Round the Second

  Kansas CG (Libya democratic governance)

  1NC

  Jackson Vanik DA - Russia relations impact

  Private aid tax credits CP - NB was politics and/or case turns

  Fem IR K - masculine epistemology > endless wars mpx - alt was rejection

  Kiss of death turns

  Libya says no

  Civil war defense

  Oil shocks mpx d

  Cred i/l and mpx d

  Leading from behind good/leading from front bad

  2NR

  Politics + CP + bits of case turns

  
  
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Jackson Vanik Politics DA

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• FEand/orax 1. Jackson-Vanik will be repealed now

  Verona 3/29 (The True Cost of Jackson-Vanik, Ed Verona is president & CEO of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-true-cost-jackson-vanik-6702?page=1)

   

  In January, the Obama administration publicly stated

  AND

  for lifting Jackson-Vanik and extending PNTR.

   

  2. Political capital is key to repealing Jackson-Vanik

  Allison and Blackwill 11 (“Russia and U.S. National Interests: Why Should Americans Care? A Report of the Task Force on Russia and U.S. National Interest” Graham Allison Director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Assistant Secretary of Defense in the first Clinton Administration Robert D. Blackwill is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Deputy national security adviser for strategic planning under President George W. Bush, presidential envoy to Iraq and was the administration’s coordinator for U.S. policies regarding Afghanistan and Iran, October)

   

  Finally, given the disparities between U.

  AND

  a controversial topic like American policy toward Russia.

  3. DA tanks Obama’s political capital – trades off with popular programs, spending, and objection to government waste

  LA Times 11 (Los Angeles Times April 13, 2011 Wednesday Home Edition THE WORLD; Debt worries crimp aid for 'Arab Spring'; Congress has shut the door on new funds the administration says would shape change. BYLINE: Paul Richter, lexis) MV

   

  U.S. lawmakers not only have

  AND

  should not be shifted from their scholarship programs.

   

  4. Jackson-Vanik is key to improving relations – it’s the Rorschach test through which every other policy is interpreted

  Lewis 8 (Finlay, Congressional Quarterly Weekly- 08.10.2008, Russia Longs to Graduate At the Top of Trade Class, http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/081009CQ_Jackson-Vanik.shtml)

   

  President Obama has repeatedly stressed that he intends

  AND

  .S.-Russia relationship,” he said.

   

  5. Strong US-Russia relations prevent extinction – Iran prolif, US-Russia War, terrorism, heg and economic security

  Allison and Blackwill 11 (10-30-11 Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs "10 Reasons Why Russia Still Matters"http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21469/10_reasons_why_russia_still_matters.html)

   

  That central point is that Russia matters a

  AND

  or failure, in advancing our national interests.

  2NC

  Turns case -  U.S.-Russian relations key to Middle East stability.

  Vershbow 4 (ALEXANDER, US AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA, STATE DEPARTMENT APRIL 22, 2004)

  Russia has thus far reacted cautiously to the

  AND

  reform and deal with terrorism at its source.

   

  Will be repealed –  Baucus

  Dow Jones Newswires 3/15 (http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/03/15/obamas-push-on-trade-with-russia-raises-senate-concerns/#ixzz1pstrT8hj)

   

  Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D.,

  AND

  with us now to avoid such an outcome."

  Will pass – leaders

  The Hill 3/27 (http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/218549-us-russia-leaders-urge-congress-to-provide-path-to-open-trade)

   

  U.S. and Russian leaders agreed

  AND

  , we've been looking forward," he said.

   

  Will be repealed – diplomatic trip

  Medetsky 2/24 (Anatoly, High-Ranking U.S. Senator Talks Trade , http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/high-ranking-us-senator-talks-trade/453530.html)

   

   A top U.S. senator

  AND

  statement quoted AmCham president Andrew Somers as saying.

   

  Will be repealed – consented to entering WTO

  Andrei 2/24 (The «Reset» - 3 months left?, Ilyashenko Andrei, Voice of Russia, http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_02_24/66838347/)

   

  The beginning of the Reset was quite promising

  AND

  of nuclear energy and investment became more active.

  Will be repealed – political observers

  Kerr 12 (Kevin Kerr, 1/4 financial analyst, over two decades of intensive industry and trading experience, not only as a floor trader and broker, has been an analyst and trading advisor for publications at  Weiss Research, Dow Jones Newswire, and Agora Financial “Profit Along Russia’s New Road to Resource Riches,” http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/profit-along-russia%E2%80%99s-new-road-to-resource-riches-13533)

   

  The United States may also present some hurdles

  AND

  basically welcome the country to “the club.”

   

   

  PC is key to getting a vote through

  The Hill 3/12 (Ambassador to Russia pushes trade bill after Putin's election there, http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/215573-ambassador-to-russia-pushes-trade-bill-defends-record)

   

  McFaul said that Congress needs to lift the

  AND

  D-Mont.) to Russia last month.

   

  Obama is pushing and it’s top of the docket

  ICTSD 3/21 (International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development, http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/128997/)

   

  The highly-anticipated debate over whether to

  AND

  when Russia’s WTO membership becomes final this summer.

   

   

   

  Aid cut now – Republicans are blocking

  Lobe 2/20 (By Jim Lobe 2/20/12, February 20, 2012 Obama Requests Slightly Higher Aid Levels for 2013 http://www.fpif.org/articles/obama_requests_slightly_higher_aid_levels_for_2013, Institute for Policy Studies)

   

  Despite strong pressure to reduce the yawning federal

  AND

  not impossible task, during an election year.

   

  Previous spending supercharges the link – Congress has to pick and chose what programs to spend on

  VOA News 11 (David Arnold, VOA News, 8-8-11, “US Debt Struggle Puts Middle East Aid Commitments in Question,” http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/US-Debt-Struggle-Puts-Middle-East-Aid-Commitments-in-Question-127258298.html)

   

  When lawmakers in the U.S.

  AND

  East issue when the House bill was passed.

   

  No aid allocations now and if aid was given, it would be routed through allies

  US News 3/28 (http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/dotmil/2012/03/28/source-us-would-funnel-syrian-aid-through-regional-allies)

   

  Obama administration officials acknowledged they are mulling whether

  AND

  be done through our allies in the region."

   

  PC is key to pass the bill without Magnitsky

  AP 3/27 (http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-trade-upgrade-may-1399234.html)

   

  Obama administration officials are trying to keep the

  AND

  American companies could be at a competitive disadvantage.

   

  Alternative process will satisify human rights concerns

  Fox 12 (Association of Corporate Council, Valentin, 1/30, “What will Russia’s expected accession to the WTO mean for you?” http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=46f25a1f-7012-4f63-b85a-89ee09e646e4)

   

  Although the Obama Administration has signaled commitment to

  AND

  complicated by US presidential election later this year.

  Magnitsky won’t hurt relations overall

  AP 3/17 (Senators push Russia trade restriction replacement, http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLZSQKy62J_7wTOCpYBNqhWeXkWg?docId=6b8377c65cf04f2bae330153c8d53a80)

   

  "While some in the Russian government may

  AND

  and is shepherding the bill through the committee.

   

  Human rights concerns are already being addressed – a clean repeal will pass

  Martinez 3/14 (Ken, journalist for the Moscow times, McFaul Pushes for Trade Status 2012, http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/mcfaul-pushes-for-trade-status/454625.html#ixzz1psqMYkmg)

   

  Some in Congress support linking the repeal of

  AND

  , there's no upside," the ambassador said.

   

  The positive step of repeal is more important for relations than Magnitsky

  Rojansky 3/15 (Matthew Rojansky Deputy Director Russia, Carnegie Endowment, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/15/congress-can-stand-up-for-u.s.-interests-in-russia/a32b)

   

  Thus, when Congress takes up the question

  AND

  must play an active role in the relationship.

   

  Libyan aid triggers congressional holds on other agenda items

  Emery 11 

  [Theo, “Congress could resist additional aid to Libya” Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/08/congress-could-resist-additional-aid-libya/DMmIHbENjJ0A6QBAednf0M/index.html]

   

  The crux of debate over Libya up until

  AND

  we going to build in any one time?

  Plan requires Obama  - current environment ensures debate costs capital.

  Chaddock 11.

  [Gail Russell, staff writer, “What happens next in Libya? America’s five greatest concerns” Christian Science Monitor -- 8/26]

  5. A big aid package With Congress

  AND

  something the administration needs to sell the Congress.”

  Victories build opposition- wins create resentment for Obama

  Purdum 10 (Todd, Award winning journalist  for the NYT, Vanity Fair Columnist, December 20, "Obama Is Suffering Because of His Achievements, Not Despite Them", http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/12/obama-is-suffering-because-of-his-achievements-not-despite-them.html)jn

   

  With this weekend’s decisive Senate repeal of the

  AND

  sensibly and simply, to the American public.

  Takes a long time to rebuild capital

  Schaller 9 (Tom, five thirty eight, 8/18/09, Is Obama Spending his Political Capital, Wasting It ... or Wuz He Robbed? http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/08/is-obama-spending-his-political-capital.html)

   

  Obama is investing now with an eye toward

  AND

  rise back to pre-Summer '09 levels.

  Jackson-Vanik repeal is the deciding factor for the future of US-Russia relations.

  Gvosdev, former editor of the National Interest, and a frequent foreign policy commentator in both the print and broadcast media, 2-10

  [Nikolas, World Politics Review, “The Realist Prism: Resetting the U.S.-Russia Reset”, 2-23-12

  http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/11441/the-realist-prism-resetting-the-u-s-russia-reset]

  The fate of the Jackson-Vanik amendment

  AND

  blow to the whole idea of the reset.

   

  Obama’s new leadership style makes his political capital newly effective

  Collins 1/3 (Samuel, staff writer for Internatinal.to News, A new presidential swagger for the new year, 2012, http://www.international.to/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4307:a-new-presidential-swagger-for-the-new-year-&catid=134:writers&Itemid=152, MV)

   

  January 2012 President Obama’s recent political victory -

  AND

  and the American public believe in his vision.

  Empirically, PC works for repealing Jackson-Vanik

  Reuters 12/14 (“Russia in WTO: U.S. Congress Not Ready For Russian WTO Entry,”

  http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russia-in-wto-us-congress-not-ready-for-russian-wto-entry/449843.html)

   

   WASHINGTON — The White House faces a

  AND

  push by the administration of President Bill Clinton.

  
  
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Tax Credits CP

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• 1TEXT: The United States federal government should alter tax law for private foundations and individuals that contribute to provide support for democratic governance to the Libyan National Transitional Council.

   

  --Elimination the prohibition against lobbying activities by private foundations

  --Applying a charitable deduction for private contributions to provide support for democratic governance to the Libyan National Transitional Council.

  --Eliminate requirements for expenditure responsibility for private foundations that make a good faith determination concerning a foreign organization

  --Allow direct grants by private foundations to foreign organizations performing to be permitted under the rules of Revenue Ruling 66-79.

  Removing tax exemption restrictions encourages a wave of private aid

  Crimm, 3

  (Law Prof-St. John’s, “Through a post-September 11 Looking Glass: Assessing the Roles of Federal Tax Laws and Tax Policies Applicable to Global Philanthropy by Private Foundations and their Donor,” 23 Va. Tax Rev. 1)

  The events of September 11 provided a compelling

  AND

  base, and the encouragement of global philanthropy.

  B. Special Tax Rules Applicable to Private Foundations and Income Tax Withholding Rules

  1. Shared Concerns Like the charitable contribution deduction statutes, sections 4942 and 4945, which pertain to private foundations, pre-date the recent era of world globalization. Nonetheless, there is a shared recognition that sections 4942 and 4945 today remain valuable tools in a quest to promote accountability and transparency of grant-making domestic private foundations and foreign grantees. Those statutes and the pertinent regulations impose due diligence inquiry and reporting requirements, many of which are standard good business practices for grant-makers.

  Notwithstanding the statutes' positive purposes, because Congress

  AND

  to changed and changing circumstances of world globalization.

  An ABA Task Force of the Exempt Organization

  AND

  unnecessary to enhance efficient and effective global philanthropy.

  That’s key to expand private democracy assistance

  Crimm, 5

  (Law Prof-St. John’s, Democratization, Global Grant-Making, and the Internal Revenue Code Lobbying Restrictions, 79 Tul. L. Rev. 587)

  The U.S. government is committed to spreading democracy throughout the world. This goal has become particularly urgent in recent years. To achieve success in this challenge requires the peaceful creation of the necessary conditions for, and attributes of, democracy within other countries, including legitimate and representative governments backed by laws and policies designed to support democratic ideals and values.

  The shaping of appropriate laws and policies to govern emerging and developing democracies abroad depends on lawmakers' and policymakers' hearing the pluralistic voices of their citizens. Foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can be critical mediating actors in this endeavor, representing peoples' voices and contributing to the democratic formulation of their countries' laws and policies. But, the few success stories of foreign NGOs' crucial and effective participation in the democratizing legislative processes of their countries suggest that outside financial resources often are required.

  Political circumstances may militate against the U.

  AND

  outweighs the risks of refraining from cautious experimentation.

  2NC/1NR

  Private sector expertise is better.

  Mercer 5.

  [Ilana, fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, an independent, non-profit, economic policy think tank,  “Yes to US Aid, No to USAID” -- http://www.antiwar.com/mercer/?articleid=4344]

  Consequently, private charities such as Oxfam and

  AND

  compassionate pickpockets as unnecessary as they are unethical.

  Severs assistance because aid is quantified by money

  Bread for the World, Christian NGO, ‘11

  (“What is Foreign Assistance?” http://www.bread.org/hunger/foreign-aid/)

  Foreign assistance or foreign aid refers to funding

  AND

  address their needs and support their development efforts.

  Its denotes possession – the counterplan doesn’t have the USFG increase its assistance

  Glossary of English 05 

  (http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/possessive-pronoun.html)

  Mine, yours, his, hers,

  AND

  disk and shows that it belongs to me.)

  “U.S. assistance” is only direct, governmental aid

  Adelman 3 (Carol, Former Assistant Administrator – USAID and Senior Fellow – Hudson Institute, “Foreign Aid in the National Interest”, Chapter 6—The Full Measure of Foreign Aid, http://www.usaid.gov/fani/ch06/)

  United States aid to developing countries is generally

  AND

  U.S. aid to foreign countries.

  Solves --- businesses will respond, foot the bill, and jump-start efficient market-driven investment

  Werker and Muzinich 7

  [Eric, Professor of Economics -- Harvard Business School, Justin, JD -- Yale University, MBA – Harvard Business School, and Investment Manager – Muzinich & Co., “A Global Tax Credit” New York Times -- October 20 -- lexis]

  BARACK OBAMA has proposed that the United States

  AND

  brings the fruits of globalization to poor countries.

  We’ll impact turn the question of who sends a better signal on the ground – private aid captures any positive signal and avoids backlash

  Jenkins, 7

  (Law Prof-The Ohio State University & Former COO and General Counsel of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, “Soft Power, Strategic Security, and International Philanthropy, 85 N.C.L. Rev. 773)

  Nye primarily views international nonprofit organizations as attracting

  AND

  - that inures to the state writ large.

  The CP sends a clear message of US support for democracy but official aid undermines goodwill

  Pozen, 6

  (JD-Yale Law School, “Remapping the Charitable Deduction”, 39 Conn. L. Rev. 531)

  On the other hand, increasing government aid

  AND

  , yet wholeheartedly-America supports the revolution.

  Uniquely true for the Mid East – delegating to private aid key to avoid perceptions of imperialism

  Yacoubian, 5

  (Special Adviser-United States Institute of Peace’s Muslim World Initiative, “Promoting Middle East Democracy II”, http://www.usip.org/files/file/sr136.pdf)

  • Bolstering U.S. credibility in

  AND

  beyond the purview of the traditional policymaking apparatus.

  Creates face-to-face contacts – reduces resentment of the US

  Valentine, 1

  Free Market Columnist, http://www.anti-state.com/valentine/valentine2.html

  A laissez-faire approach in matters pertaining

  AND

  foreign guests as well as their own citizens.

  That outweighs.

  Lawton, 10

  (Lt. Governor-Wisconsin, http://uscenterforcitizendiplomacy.org/images/pdfs/summit-reports/Roundtables/RT_Role-of-states.pdf)

  In an era of increasing globalization, more

  AND

  develop and thrive in more culturally aware communities.

   

  CP avoids political controversy and legislative trade-offs

  Pozen, 6

  (JD-Yale Law School, “Remapping the Charitable Deduction”, 39 Conn. L. Rev. 531)

  Subjectively, although certain Americans may be especially

  AND

  n219 are much more diffuse in their benefits.

  CP is popular on both sides of the aisle

  Werker, 8

  (Prof-Harvard Business School, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5767)

  Frustration with U.S. foreign aid

  AND

  should appeal to both sides of the aisle.

  CP is shielded from congressional debate.

  Pozen 7.

  [David, JD Candidate @ Yale Law School, “Hidden Foreign Aid” 8 Fla. Tax Rev. 641 -- lexis]

  Critics have questioned each of these exclusions;

  AND

  they alone are the focus of this inquiry.

  
  
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Fem IR K

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• The 1AC’s frame of IR Policy is inherently masculine- the plan cannot be separated from the patriarchy embedded in foreign policy.

   

  Tickner 2001 J. Anne, prof  of IR @ USC Gendering World Politics: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War Era pg 52, DJ

   

  Does the fact that states' national-security

  AND

  , theories cannot be separated from political practice.

   

  Feminist resistance to masculine IR is essential for sustained peace – without the alternative, the patriarchal drive for war ensures a spiraling continuum of armed conflict

   

  Cockburn 10, Cynthia Department of Sociology, The City University London, UK b Centre for the Study of Women and

  Gender, University of Warwick, UK (2010) 'Gender Relations as Causal in Militarization and War', International Feminist Journal of Politics, 12: 2, 139 — 157

   

  To summarize the argument made above – looking

  AND

  explicitly resisting the exploitation of masculinity for war.

   

   

  The alternative is to reject the masculine IR logic of the affirmative in favor of a feminist perspective. Rejection of a framework that normalizes masculine warfare is critical to adopt epistemologies centered on a feminist ethic of peace

   

  Cohn and Ruddick 3 (Carol, Researcher and Teacher at Harvard Medical Signs, and Sara, author, A Feminist Ethical Perspective on Weapons of Mass Destruction, http://www.genderandsecurity.umb.edu/cohnruddick.pdf) PJ

   

  Both in philosophy and in “western”

  AND

  their frame, and about the frame itself.

  
  
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Libyan civil war case cards

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• No spillover of Libyan conflict.

  Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, 8-24,

  [Stephen, "Why the Libyan revolution may not matter very much," 2011, walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/23/why_the_libyan_revolution_may_not_matter_very_much]

  All eyes have been riveted on the endgame

  AND

  we ought to keep that in mind too.

   

   

  Libya must stabilize itself – ANY US involvement leads to “Iraq-like” disaster.

  Benson 11 (David “Libya at a Turning Point” Chicago Project On Security and Terrorism [CPOST] August 24, 2011. http://cpost.uchicago.edu/blog/2011/08/24/libya-at-a-turning-point/)

   

  Already with regards to Libya, we see

  AND

  risk upsetting whatever stable balance may be achieved.

   

  Libya going to stabilize – squo solving

  RIA Novosti 8/8/2011 (“Opposition makes plan for ‘post-Gaddafi’ Libya” The Libyan Youth Movement, August 8, 2011.  http://feb17.info/news/opposition-makes-plan-for-post-gaddafi-libya/)

   

  The Libyan opposition has developed a plan to

  AND

  use of the existing state and government structures.”

   

  Libya won’t implode – Too many resources

  Bloomberg 8/24/11 (Alaa Shahine and Vivian Salama [reporters for Bloomberg] “Oil-Rich Libyans Won’t Need Foreign Financial Backing in Post-Qaddafi Era” August 24, 2011.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-23/oil-rich-libyans-won-t-need-financial-aid-in-post-qaddafi-era.html

   

  Airstrikes and logistical support from AND culminated in

  AND

  to lift the freeze on Libya’s assets aboard.”

   

  
  
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Oil shocks mpx D

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• No impact to Oil Shocks – newest empirical study proves

  Khadduri, Former Middle East Economic Survey Editor-in-Chief, 8-23-11

  [Walid, "The impact of rising oil prices on the economies of importing nations", http://english.alarabiya.net/views/2011/08/23/163590.html]

   

  What is the impact of oil price shocks

  AND

  prices on the U.S. economy.

  
  
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Leadership case cards

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• Decline in Middle East influence inevitable – gaps between values and policies, public opinion, and US reliability

  Miller 11 (Summer 11 public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, served for two decades as an adviser to the U.S. secretary of state on Arab-Israeli negotiations,

  Aaron David, “For America, An Arab Winter”, http://www.wilsonquarterly.com/article.cfm?aid=1967, CMR]

   

  We can, however, say with greater

  AND

  they too are pressed hard by their publics.

   

  Not sustainable

  Switzer, 10/22

  [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/22iht-edswitzer22.html, Research Associate-United States Studies Center at the University of Sydney]

  SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Whether it was worth

  AND

  able to pay for a new American Century.

   

  They don’t solve the overall doctrine of leading from behind---just change it in one instance.

  Leading from behind is key to global cooperation and US leadership

  Webber 11 British broadcaster, writer and producer and frequent contributor to MSNBC, 11

  [Imogen, 9/16. “Thoughts on the New ‘Obama Doctrine’.” http://imogenlloydwebber.com/category/blog/]

  Obama’s foreign policy during the events of the

  AND

  victory for America. It makes America stronger.

   

  Turn: A stronger American role won’t overcome cred issues – leading from behind is key.

  Lewis M. Simons, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is a member of the USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, “As Libya shows, U.S. can capably lead from behind,” 10/11/2011, http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2011-10-11/libya-lead-behind-arab-spring/50733046/1

  Let's weigh the benefits of deeper consideration,

  AND

  by is now but one among equals.                   

   

  No solvency: Obama’s leading from behind doctrine is here to stay – defense cuts prove

  Wehner 1/6, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1/6/2012, Peter, “The Defense Budget and America’s Decline,” http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/06/defense-budget-america-decline/]

   

  There are many salient points to make about

  AND

  than the defense budget for confirmation of that.

   

  The aff’s drive for credibility is methodologically flawed- Empirically justifies intervention in credibility wars and encourages free-riding that erodes primacy

  Walt 2011 (Stephen M. Walt, professor of international affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, December 5, 2011, “Does the U.S. still need to reassure its allies?,” Foreign Policy, http://goo.gl/hsThU)

  A perennial preoccupation of U.S.

  AND

  , and to resent what we do less.

  
  
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Libya solvency cards

• Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: KU CG | Judge:
  
  

• Turn: US is better out of the way in Libya – aid becomes politicized, triggers backlash and kills the transition

  Lacher 11 [Associate, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, ’11, Wolfram, "The International Role in Post-Qadhafi Libya? Withdraw." 8-29-2011, www.mepc.org/articles-commentary/commentary/international-role-post-qadhafi-libya-withdraw]

   

   Planning is ongoing in Western capitals for

  AND

  responsibility for the process ahead to the Libyans.

  Link turns outweigh solvency – Western intervention has no chance of success.

  Bowen 11 columnist for Al-Majalla, a current affairs magazine, published weekly in both English and Arabic in London since 1980 ’11, Andrew, "Breaking the Pottery Barn Rule," 7-8-2011,

  www.al-majalla.com/en/geopolitics/article468169.ece]

   

  With the tide starting to turn against Qadhafi, London and Paris have had to come to terms with the uncomfortable reality that, similar to Washington in 2003, while the military battle can be eventually won, rebuilding a state is an entirely different manner.

  Recognizing this reality, Britain’s secretary for International

  AND

  on the West rebuilding Libya on a budget.

  Empirics prove—US attempts to micro-manage Arab transitions inevitably backfire

  Gause, 12/21 [Pol Sci-Vermont, Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/21/america_arab_spring_do_nothing?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full]

   

  I do not disagree with Pollack's contention that

  AND  the New Arab World: What Not

  AND U.S. policy will inevitably fail.

   

   

  Libya will reject aid

  Armstrong 11 (Jim, Mercy Corps-Governance Network, http://www.mercycorps.org/sites/default/files/capacity_to_govern-libya_26_aug_2011.pdf)

   

  When the NTC’s Abdul Jalil was asked to

  AND

  co-design will be central to success. 

  
  
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