Contention One is Inherency
Elections assistance is a form of democracy assistance
Mitchell and Phillips 08 (Enhancing Democracy Assistance. Lincoln Mitchell and David Phillips. http://acus.org/files/publication_pdfs/65/Enhancing%20Democracy%20Assistance.pdf January 2008.)
Because support for …, and limits of elections.
Contention Two is Genocide
Despite ending Martial Law, the Bahraini government continues to attack its citizens.
The Gaurdian.co.uk 6/11 (Bahrain sees new clashes as martial law lifted. Martin Chulov. 6/1/11. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/01/bahrain-protests-martial-law)
Clashes between demonstrators …and tourism hub.
The conditions in Bahrain mirror that of the genocidal conditions in Sectarian Russia.
The Independent 5/11 (Bahrain Is Trying to Drown the Protests in Shia Blood. Patrick Cockburn.5/15/11 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-cockburn-bahrain-is-trying-to-drown-the-protests-in-shia-blood-2284199.html)
"'Let us drown the …sectarian hatred.
The acts in Bahrain are clearly genocide.
Shakespeare 6/11 (an interview with Rodney Shakespeare, the Chairman of the Committee Against Torture in Bahrain by Press TV. “Al Khalifa cannot escape with genocide” http://www.presstv.ir/detail/183960.html June 2011)
The Hague is receiving … Court in The Hague.
Contention Three is Human Rights
Scenario A. The Bahraini Government arrests its citizens with no warrant.
The Guardian.co.uk 8/8/11 (Bahrain protests: ‘The repression is getting worse’. Ian Black. 8/8/11http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/08/bahrain-protests-repression-getting-worse)
"The repression is … ones with the guns."
Citizens can be arrested with no reason.
NPR 8/11/11 (An Update With A Woman Caught In the Middle of Bahrain’s Crackdown. Eyder Peralta. 8/11/11 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/11/139554582/an-update-with-a-woman-caught-in-the-middle-of-bahrains-crackdown)
On today's All Things …based on rule of law.
Risking extinction is justified to protect liberty values – otherwise the only purpose to live is being alive
Henry Shue, Professor of Ethics and Public Life at Princeton University, 1989 (Nuclear Deterrence and Moral Restraint, pg. 64-5)
The issue raises … want only life?
Coercion is worse than all other impacts, and must be resisted
Petro 1974
Sylvester Petro, professor of law at Wake Forest, Spring 1974, Toledo Law Review, p480
However, one may still insist on echoing Ernest Hemingway – “I believe in only one thing: liberty.” And it is always well to bear in mind David Hume’s observation: “It is … with undying spirit.
Scenario B Torture
Monitoring technology is destroying rebel strength in Bahrain—they are in a digital arms race against security forces—the market propels oppression for profit
Bloomberg Markets Magazine 08-22-11 “Torture in Bahrain Becomes Routine With Help From Nokia Siemens” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/torture-in-bahrain-becomes-routine-with-help-from-nokia-siemens-networking.html
Monitoring technology is … privately held industry.
Bahrain uses monitoring to torture rebels
Bloomberg Markets Magazine 08-22-11 “Torture in Bahrain Becomes Routine With Help From Nokia Siemens” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/torture-in-bahrain-becomes-routine-with-help-from-nokia-siemens-networking.html
In Bahrain, officials … family members.
Torture is beyond evil:
Subpoint A – uses the body as a tool of power and interrogation – ethical imperative against it
Scarry, 87 (Elaine, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University The Body in Pain, 1987)
A second difference is control… self-extension and world.
Subpoint B – Torture uses the body and mind as vessels to capture and control consciousness in a totality of pain.
Scarry, 87 (Elaine, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. The Body in Pain, 1987)
A fifth dimension of … the prisoner’s pain.
Contention Four is Women Rights
Women in Bahraini Politics is strongly discouraged by conservatives.
Katzman 10 (Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. policy. Kenneth Kaztman. April 26, 2010. Pg. 1)
In the November 2006…politicians in the region.
Targeting women is an abomination.
NPR 5/11 (Women the Latest Target of Bahrain’s Crackdown. http://www.npr.org/2011/05/31/136818563/women-the-latest-target-of-bahrains-crackdown 5/31/11)
For the past 2 1/2 months, …turn into revenge.
The Bahraini Government is threatening to rape girls as young as 12.
The Independent 5/11 (Bahrain Is Trying to Drown the Protests in Shia Blood. Patrick Cockburn.5/15/11 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/patrick-cockburn-bahrain-is-trying-to-drown-the-protests-in-shia-blood-2284199.html)
But al-Jazeera …threatened with rape.
Sexual violence infantilizes women and reduces them to a means of an end
West 92 (Robin, law University of Maryland 1992 Progressive constitutionalism: reconstructing the Fourteenth Amendment p116)
Second, women live … sons and husbands.
Thus the plan: The United States Federal Government will provide election assistance to Bahrain.
Contention Five is Solvency
USAID coordinated Iraq’s 2006 elections.
USAID 07 (In Depth: Elections Assistance. 4/19/07 http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/accomplishments/elections.html )
According to U.S. military …democracy and human rights.
The U.S.’s success in Iraq encouraged Shiites to protest in Bahrain and The U.S. seeks to accelerate reform through similar means.
Katzman 10 (Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. policy. Kenneth Kaztman. April 26, 2010. Pg. 1-2, 5)
Sunni-Shiite tensions escalated…“Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
The opposition and the government need to work together.
Wright 06 (“Generational Change and Elite-driven Reforms in the Kingdom of Bahrain” Steven Wright. Durham Middle East Papers. Sir William Luce Publication Series. June 2006).
The opposition needs …focus their attention on.
Contention Five is Framework
Focusing on conflict as a singular event prevents recognition of state-sponsored violence going on every day. Crisis based politics prevents mobilization against structural forms of violence that make the outbreak of war inevitable.
Cuomo 96 (Christine, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, “War Is Not Just an Event: Reflections on the Significance of Everyday Violence”, Hypatia, Vol. 11, Iss. 4, Fall, Proquest)
Ethical approaches that …agents of the state.
Focusing on easily visible examples violence ignores the elements of subjective violence. The violence we ignore makes violence permissible at all.
Kappeler, 1995
Susanne Kappeler, Freelance Writer, A History of Violence, 1995, pg 1-2
Violence is recognized …beings or things.
Focusing on the magnitude of violence fails to account for the means of violent action.
Kappeler, 1995
Susanne Kappeler, Freelance Writer, A History of Violence, 1995, pg 8
This does not mean … is not violence.
The ethic of occupation engages a crisis driven ontology which makes resistance to structural violence impossible and assures we remain complicit with militarism
Cuomo, Professor of Philosophy, 1996 Chris, Hypatia 11.4, proquest
Ethical approaches that … militaristic agents of the state.
