1NC
Text: The President of the United States should issue a memorandum to the heads of the executive departments and agencies relieving them of their duties under Sections 1, 2, 4 and 6 and of the Presidential Memorandum on International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons issued on December 6, 2011.
The President of the United States should amend Sections 3 and 5 of the Presidential Memorandum on International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons issued on December 6, 2011 so that it only apply to Libya.
The United States Congress should prohibit the distribution of United States federal assistance for Libya for programs that were not funded before December 5, 2011.
The United States Congress should request that the National Endowment for Democracy provide assistance to the United Nations for Libya for the development and enhancement of police forces.
The memo establishes a set of mandates that makes their democracy assistance toxic.
Zawadzki 12/11/11 [Mariusz Zawadzki, “Obama Puts Sexual Minorities in Danger,” Gazeta Wyborcza, 11 December 2011, pg.http://watchingamerica.com/News/133940/obama-puts-sexual-minorities-in-danger/]
The protection of … during next year's elections.
Aid recipients will be forced to take an official stance on gay rights. US pressure will trigger surge in violence against GLBT communities
Nardone 12/8/11 – Senior research fellow and the Head of the United States Program @ Ifry [Dr. Laurence Marie Nardone, “Obama and Clinton on gay and lesbian’s rights,” The Voice of Russia, Dec 8, 2011 18:04 Moscow Time, pg. http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/25298789/61890146.html]
I looked at the … rights I believe.
That results in a sexual cleansings
Lucas 11/16/11 – Columnist for The Advocate and Pink News UK [Micheal Lucas, “The Hard Fall of the Arab Spring,” The Huffington Post, Posted: 11/16/11 09:24 PM ET, pg. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-lucas/arab-spring-gay-rights_b_1095798.html]
Gay people should … very hard fall.
The blowback pave the way for US military intervention
Raimondo 12/23/11 - Senior fellow at the Randolph Bourne Institute, and an adjunct scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. [Justin Raimondo (Editorial director of Antiwar.com), “Gay Rights and American Foreign Policy,” Antiwar.com, December 23, 2011, pg.http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/12/22/gay-rights-and-american-foreign-policy/]
No one denies that the … own damned business.
Terrorists will attack US troops
Choi 11 – Professor of Political Science @ University of Illinois-Chicago [Seung-Whan Choi, Ph.D. “Does U.S. Military Intervention Reduce or Increase Terrorism?,” Prepared for the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, September 1-4, 2011]
The empirical results … of its missions. Pg. 24
That ends in nuclear war
Freilich 10 – Senior Fellow in the International Security Program @ Harvard University [Chuck Freilich (Former Deputy National Security Adviser in Israel.), “The Armageddon Scenario: Israel and the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism,” THE BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 84, April 2010]
The Middle East faces …more nuclear terrorism.24 pg. 6-7
AND, only the CP can solve the AFF – Gay rights pressure creates a political firestorm that forces them to “say no”
Collery 12/10/11 - Grant Proposal Writer at Adventist Development and Relief Agency [Simon Collery, “Gay Footballs: Obama and Cameron Aiming to Destabilize African Development Sectors?,” POZ.com, December 10, 2011 12:02 PM, pg. http://blogs.poz.com/simoncollery/2011/12/gay_footballs_obama.html]
Having said that, … in African countries.
2NC
US will retaliate to terror attack – the conflict will escalate
Nevin 03 – Professor of Psychology @ University of New Hampshire [John A. Nevin, “RETALIATING AGAINST TERRORISTS,” Behavior and Social Issues, 12, 109-128 (2003)
Overall, there was …killed by terrorists. Pg. 126-127
Bureaucracy means the aff doesn’t solve
Carothers 09 - Founder and Director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Program @ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. [Thomas Carothers (Vice-president for studies @ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Revitalizing U.S. Democracy Assistance: The Challenge of USAID, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009]
USAID’s basic operating … basic circumstances change. Pg. 21-22
AT: Perm Do the CP
1. It severs the increase in the 1ac. The counterplan only increases assistance if NED agrees. Severance is a voting issue because it undermines our ability to create a coherent 1nc strategy and do targeted research based on the 1ac.
2. It severs “its” in the plan – The counterplans democracy assistance belongs to the NED
A. “Its” shows ownership
Glossary of English Grammar Terms 05 (http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/possessive-pronoun.html)
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs are the possessive pronouns used to substitute a noun and to show possession or ownership. EG. This is your disk and that's mine. (Mine substitutes the word disk and shows that it belongs to me.)
B. Funding the NED is an attempt to foster a purely independent private action. The assistance is not the USFG’s
Metzger 03 - Professor of Law @ Columbia Law School [Gillian E. Metzger, “PRIVATIZATION AS DELEGATION,” COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW, Vol. 103, 2003]
When exercised by .. is the ultimate focus. Pg. 1399-1400
C. We have the only contextualized ev on this question – Just funding is not enough
Spence 04 – Currently the National Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor in the White House [Matthew Spence (D.Phil., International Relations from Oxford University (04)), “Policy Coherence and Incoherence: The Domestic Politics of American Democracy Promotion,” Workshop on Democracy Promotion Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, October 4-5, 2004, pg. http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20741/Spence-_CDDRL_10-4_draf1.pdf]
Faced with these … support rarely came. Pg. 23-24
3. The counterplan’s not democracy assistance. The perm is not legit
A. DA is foreign assistance
NRC 08 [National Research Council (Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs), Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research, 2008]
USAID’s current democracy and … construction (State of California 2007). Pg. 18-21
B. NED appropriations are not foreign assistance and they are not topical – Vote neg to preserve a fairness and topic education
Gootnick 09 - Director of International Affairs and Trade @ GAO [David Gootnick, DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE: U.S. Agencies Take Steps to Coordinate International Programs but Lack Information on Some U.S.-funded Activities, General Accounting Office, GAO-09-993, September 2009]
19 Although NED’s … foreign assistance funds. Pg. 13
