A. Interpretation –
Collier 94 (Ellen C., Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division, “Democracy Building: The Foreign Policy Budget Request, Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, 4-12-94, http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PCAAA490.pdf)
Another issue is which countries to assist in
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, this was a major reason.' 7
B. Violation - The plan provides unconditional assistance to _________________.
C. Standards
2. Core Neg Ground – Unconditional affirmatives sidestep core negative strategies, such as internal political disads, NGO tradeoff arguments, alternative condition counterplans, and critiques of international negotiating.
D. Voting Issue – Topicality is a voting issue to preserve competitive equity, the foundation of debate; plus its a rule at the NDT and so should be enforced throughout the year.
1NC
Noe, 2/6/2012 (
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Instead, Washington should adopt a realistic,
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splitting his government and controlling the resulting collapse.
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Corporate tax will pass – Obama is bargaining
Reuters 2/22 (Reuters, “Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes”, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/22/us-usa-tax-corporate-idUSTRE81K25N20120222)
President Barack Obama launched a dialogue with corporate
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tax proposals will largely amount to political messaging.
The plan costs capital – even if they don’t spend money.
Los Angeles Times, 4/12/2011 (Debt worries stymieing U.S. financial aid to help Arab nations in transition, p. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/12/world/la-fg-mideast-aid-20110413)
The Obama administration's efforts to use foreign aid
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resistance from appropriators in Congress, aides say.
Dixon 2-15 (Kim, “Obama plan would end dozens of business tax breaks,” http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/us-usa-economy-geithner-idUSTRE81D11F20120215)
For example, Obama wants to end a
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pieces together," Democratic Senator Ron Wyden said.
MNI 2/22 (Market News International – quoting Tim Geithner, “US's Geithner Text: Corp. Tax Reform Process Will Take Time”, 2012, https://mninews.deutsche-boerse.com/index.php/uss-geithner-text-corp-tax-reform-process-will-take-time?q=content/uss-geithner-text-corp-tax-reform-process-will-take-time)
The following is the full text of U
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improve incentives for investing in the United States.
Extinction
Auslin 9 (Michael, Resident Scholar – American Enterprise Institute, and Desmond Lachman – Resident Fellow – American Enterprise Institute, “The Global Economy Unravels”, Forbes, 3-6, http://www.aei.org/article/100187)
What do these trends mean in the short
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small explosions that coalesce into a big bang.
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Russia is protecting Syria from western involvement – their influence is high
Lynch 12/15 (Colum – Foreign Policy, “Russia introduces watered-down resolution on Syria”, 2011, http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/12/15/russia_introduces_watered_down_resolution_on_syria)
For several months, Russia has protected Syria
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has felt the pressure of the international community."
US assistance to Syrian opposition groups signals perception of the US taking the lead in Syria- crushes Russian influence in Syria
Rogin 11 (Josh, Josh Rogin reports
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is better with America's Republicans." You can view a video of that protest march here:
That sparks a US/Russian nuclear war
Chamberlin 11 (Peter – Pacific Free Press, “A Systematic Smashing of Central Asia”, 12/31, lexis)
Students of human nature understand that, in
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rule us, before it is too late.
Case – Advantage 2
Iran will not be aggressive – they will back down from direct confrontation.
Savyon, 7/4/2011 (Ayelet – director of the Iranian Media Project at the Middle East Media Research Institute, Iran’s Defeat in Bahrain, p. http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5424.htm)
Despite its image as a looming superpower,
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on both the regional and the global levels.
Iran’s guiding principles is defined by regime survival and deterrence.
Eisenstadt, August 2011 (Michael - director of the Military & Security Studies Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran, MES Monographs, No. 1, p. 3)
In establishing this principle, Khomeini formalized the supremacy of raison d’etat over the tenets of Islam
as the precept guiding Iranian decision-making
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while preventing a third strike against us.7
-- Iran won’t be aggressive – too many checks in the system
Boroujerdi 7 (Mehrzad, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program, “Iranian Nuclear Miasma”, Syracuse Law Review, 57 Syracuse L. Rev. 619, Lexis)
The potential for groupthink miscalculations is also thwarted
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a boldly offensive or miscalculated action less realistic.
-- Iran has no interest in expansion
Smeland 4 (Sean P., Visiting Fellow – Geneva Centre for Security Policy, “Countering Iranian Nukes: A European Strategy, Nonproliferation Review, Spring,
http://www.gcsp.ch/e/publications/Security_Challenges/WMD/Academic_Papers/Smeland.pdf)
If the Western allies are to succeed in
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possibly through its presence in Iraq or Afghanistan).
Heg doesn’t prevent conflict
Crawford 3 (Timothy W., Professor of Political Science – Boston College, Pivotal Deterrence: Third-Party Statecraft and the Pursuit of Peace, p. 209-210)
Forward Engagement, Global Leadership, and U.S. Pivotal Deterrence
As the preponderant power in a globalized and
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many deadly conflicts as it knits back together.
Hegemony isn’t true – data’s on our side
Fettweis, 11 (Christopher J., Department of Political Science, Tulane University, “Free Riding or Restraint? Examining European Grand Strategy”, 9/26, Comparative Strategy, 30:316–332, Ebsco)
It is perhaps worth noting that there is
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think otherwise base their view on faith alone.
The international system is resilient to great power conflict.
Ikenberry, Summer 2011 (G. John
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There are four reasons to think that some
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forces that keep the system anchored and stable.
-- Isolationism inevitable – social welfare
Mandelbaum 5 (Michael, Professor in the School of Advanced International Studies – Johns Hopkins University, “The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World’s Government in the Twenty-First Century, p. 184-186)
The huge bill for entitlements as the twenty
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the government's financial obligations to its own citizens.
Historically true heg doesn’t solve
Layne 97 (Christopher, Visiting Professor – Naval Postgraduate School, From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing)
Two critical objections could be lodged against an
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U.S. involvement in future wars.
Case – Advantage 1
Assad will survive – he has too many assets to be overthrown.
Byman, 2/2/2012 (
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As world leaders huddle at the United Nations
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international military intervention is not on the table.
Controlled collapse is a myth – any collapse of Assad will result in a violent lash out and escalates.
Noe, 2/6/2012 (
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ALMOST one year after anti-government protests
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the Middle East would have for Western interests.
Fast Assad collapse causes Syrian/Israeli war – turns case
Ceren, 8/1/2011 (
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But the continued stability of the Syrian regime
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will not cause Israeli politicians to overreact less.
Iron hand – Assad will survive as long as he has bullets
Tobin, 1/11/2012 (
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As Michael Totten noted yesterday, speculation about
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to assume Assad is about to be ousted.
-- No pandemic or extinction – history proves
Easterbrook 3 (Gregg, Senior Fellow –
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3. Germ warfare!Like chemical agents
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it seems unlikely to happen in the future.
-- Tech hurdles prevent bioterror
Mueller 6 (John, Chair of National
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State University, Overblown, p. 24)
Not only has the science about chemical and
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technological hurdles that greatly inhibit their effective use.
-- No acquisition
Burton and Stewart 8 (Fred and Scott
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Busting the Anthrax Myth”, 7-30,
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/busting_anthrax_myth)
Operating in the badlands along the Pakistani-
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question — the intense concern about such programs.
-- Risk decreasing
New Scientist 8 (7-26, Lexis)
First up for consideration was an act of
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licence, they are reported to the authorities.
-- Dispersal problems block
Scherer 3 (John L., Editor of
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Chemical, biological, and nuclear (CBN
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from this compound would have proved extremely difficult.
Conventional capabilities come first – no risk of Samson option
Maoz 3 (Zeev, “The Mixed
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. 28, No. 2, Autumn,
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4137468)
Israel's nuclear policy is fraught with paradoxes,
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concerning the wisdom of maintaining its nuclear capability.
Israel won’t use the Samson option – security assurances are met – their evidence doesn’t take into account current geopolitical realities
Cirincione 5 (Joe, Senior Vice President
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No one would deny the serious internal security
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one weapon that could offset its conventional superiority.
2NC - Grand Bargain CP
Perm links to the fast collapse DA – perm pushes too hard.
Noe, 5/31/2011 (
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As a result of this idea vacuum,
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dangers of the "accelerated collapse" policy).
A strong opposition causes Assad collapse
Christian Science Monitor, 9/14/
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No 'clear alternative' from the opposition The remaining
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did, it would signal a faster downfall.”
AT: Israel Says No
Reaching a deal changes Israeli public opinion to support the plan
International Crisis Group, 4/10/
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That said, public views that have changed
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there will be a similar sea-change.
U.S. influence is critical to bring Israel to the table
Dov Waxman, Assistant Professor of Political Science
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2007, The Washington Quarterly, p. lexis
Israel now stands at a crossroads. As
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Iran, Islamic extremism, and jihadism. n30
Only intense American diplomacy can complete negotiations
Uri Sagie, Former Head of the IDF
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Israel and Syria will need intensive American help
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. Both Israel and Syria have great expectations.
Solves 2NC
Solves Syrian democracy while avoiding the accelerated collapse net benefit.
Noe, 5/31/2011 (
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As a result of this idea vacuum,
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dangers of the "accelerated collapse" policy).
AT: Say No – Solves Civil War
We still solve even if Assad says no – causes a gradual collapse.
Noe, 5/31/2011 (
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Either way, at this point -- even
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for all Syrians an achievable and liveable reality.
Counterplan solves Iran
Roberts 12 (David- Deputy Director RUSI
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On the darker side of diplomacy, there
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the broad status quo in Syria be maintained.
Economic and political incentives separate Syria from Iran
Remba 9 (Gidon D. Remba-
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Obama hopes to woo Syria out of Iran’s
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, will be more firmly anchored than ever before
