Democracy assistance to MENA is broadly unpopular – generates the same acrimony as the debt limit debate.

Omar Karmi 8-2, 2011 US argues over foreign aid policy along with its debt problem http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/us-argues-over-foreign-aid-policy-along-with-its-debt-problem

With the same acrimony it has debated the

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terrorist organisation participate in government in any way.

Budget battles make cuts to democracy assistance the only political palatable option. Taking away grandma’s Medicare to pay for the plan doesn’t play well at home.

McLaughlin 11 (Seth, writer for Washington Diplomat, April 26, "Key foreign policy players try to master capitol hill," www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7829:key-foreign-policy-players-try-to-master-capitol-hill&catid=1473:may-2011&Itemid=471)

Though the State Department and foreign operations budget

AND

on their constituents back in their home districts.

House hates state department spending – they see it as trading off with defense spending – plan causes big fight.

The Hill 9-7-11 Senate appropriators draw 2012 battle lines over programs to cut http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/180079-senate-appropriators-draw-2012-battle-lines-over-programs-to-cut

Senate appropriators on Wednesday approved a broad spending

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State cuts and more Defense spending this fall.

The debate over democracy assistance will spill over – Even if the funding is appropriated already Congress will still backlash on other issues.

Theo Emery 8/23/11  “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?”

New aid to Egypt causes massive controversy in this political climate.

Omar Karmi 8-2, 2011 US argues over foreign aid policy along with its debt problem http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/us-argues-over-foreign-aid-policy-along-with-its-debt-problem

In a speech in May, President Barack

AND

into modernity, democracy and rule of law."

Aid to Egypt is controversial—politicians have tolerated small amounts but lawmakers want to trim the deficit

Jeremy Sharp 8/23/2011 (Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs for the Congressional Research Service, "Egypt in Transition" http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33003.pdf)

Although the Egyptian government has expressed its gratitude

AND

of the private sector in Egypt and Tunisia).

Assistance in Syria is unpopular –seen as more waste of intervention in the Middle East.

Joshua Landis 8/24/11 Director: Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma Washington's battle over Syria http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/24/washingtons-battle-over-syria/

The realists argue that the U.S

AND

. should not be trying to decide it.

Bipartisan opposition to Democracy assistance to Libya.

Theo Emery 8/23/11  “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

After protests erupted in Libya early this year

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plus we can’t afford it,” Frank said.

The debate over intervention in Libya will spill over – Even if the funding is appropriated already Congress will still backlash on other issues.

Theo Emery 8/23/11  “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

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we going to build in any one time?”

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A. Interpretation – Democracy assistance is aid for which the primary purpose, is to foster democracy. 

Richard Stephen Lappin 2010 POST-CONFLICT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE: A STATE OF THE ART The Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/files/9/51/Vol85.pdf

Beginning with imprecise democracy assistance data, the 

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therefore include economic and social aid programmes.’174

B. Violation – The aff increases development assistance not democracy assistance.

Civil society assistance is much broader than democracy assistance – the aff is not the democracy part of civil society.

Richard Youngs 2006  director general of FRIDE, assistant professor at the University of Warwick in the UK, EU Marie Curie research fellow at the Norwegian Institute for International Relations, Oslo (2001-4), PhD and an MA in International Studies from the University of Warwick and a BA in Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge.  “Themes in Democracy Assistance” International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance http://www.idea.int/publications/anniversary/upload/Inlay_senttoprint_30May05.pdf#page=39

Definitions in this sense remain elastic. Many 

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support that is not remotely related to democracy.

1. Limits – nearly anything can be argued to “assist” democracy there’s no limit on aff mechanisms that can boost democracy, the Lappin evidence provides support for this distinction. 

2. Ground – development aid is distinct from democracy assistance – core neg ground is in this distinction, the core debate is whether democracy solves economic growth the aff fiats over this question.

Thomas Carothers 2010 vice-president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is the author or editor of eight books and numerous articles on democracy promotion “Democracy Support and Development Aid: The Elusive Synthesis” Journal of Democracy Volume 21, Number 4 October 2010 http://wbg.ndi.org/files/JoD_Carothers_Oct2010.pdf

The initial gulf between democracy support and development 

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hurt their overall position in the developing world.

Topicality is a Voting Issue for reasons of fairness and ground - 

1NC Shell

The affirmative’s conflation of the conditions of the existence of state institutions with the conditions of the possibility of Democracy perpetuates violent repression and militarism crushing radical experiences of true democracy

Wall 11 (DrIllanRua Wall is a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Oxford Brookes, “Anger and Indignation in Ireland, Greece and Tunisia,” 7/4/11 http://greekleftreview.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/anger-and-indignation-in-ireland-greece-and-tunisia/)

The first thing to note, in the 

AND 

This is the same relation that pacifies Ireland.

The political order of including and excluding people is part of the larger system that designates whole populations as disposable – this underlies violence globally.

Balibar, ‘4 (Professor of Philosophy, Etienne, We, The People of Europe?, p.125-30)

In such conditions, we can incline toward 

AND 

of equality, the horizon of political action.

Our alternative is the subjectivization of the streets - Vote negative to continue the refusal of representation  – only anger and indignation can provide the starting point for genuine democratization

Wall 11 (Dr Illan Rua Wall is a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Oxford Brookes, “Anger and Indignation in Ireland, Greece and Tunisia,” 7/4/11 http://greekleftreview.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/anger-and-indignation-in-ireland-greece-and-tunisia/

In conclusion, anger and indignation provide the 

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the subjectivisation of the streets that has effect.

1NC

Text: The European Union should substantially increase civil society democracy aid to Disabled Persons’ Organizations in Yemen.

Institutionalized and more local involvement – less stringent financial requirements

Huber, Dept. IR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008 (Daniela, "Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparison of US and EU Policies," Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 13, No.1, 43-62, March 2008)

Quite remarkable is that the EU' s EMP 

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to an increasing work with local grantees. 14

Shutdown DA 1nc

Shutdown risk now and it would jack the economy.

Bernstein, 9/16 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/is-a-government-shutdown-looming/2011/03/28/gIQArfybXK_blog.html)

After surprisingly little talk of a possible upcoming 

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economy that doesn’t need any more negative shocks.

Links – 

1. Expanding foreign aid programs sparks a backlash and pushes a budget stalemate.

Rogin, 8/4/11 (Foreign Policy Analyst, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/08/04/this_fight_aint_over?page=full)

The November 2010 midterm elections, which brought 

AND 

the country heads into the 2012 presidential season.

2. Plan is a new spending appropriation that cannot be cut – in a budget environment where all foreign aid spending is on the table, the plan would be uniquely controversial.

Patrick, 7/27/11 (Senior fellow and director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program of the Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.devex.com/en/articles/how-does-the-debt-debate-affect-foreign-aid)

It’s clear that in this budgetary environment, 

AND 

S. military installation or a defense contractor.

Disagreements over specific appropriations is a key determinate to whether the government shuts down or not.

Breutler, 8/17/11 (TPMDC Analyst, http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/cantor-calls-on-house-gop-to-avoid-government-shutdown-brinksmanship.php)

In a significant de-escalation of partisan 

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the same point at the end of September.

Economic decline causes nuclear war.

Mead 9 (Walter Russell, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy – Council on Foreign Relations, The New Republic, 2-4)

For billions of people in nuclear-armed 

AND 

track, we may still have to fight.

1NC CP

Text: The United States should substantially increase civil society democracy aid to persons with disabilities organizations in Yemen.

The rhetoric of disability and disabled persons justifies the control of persons with disabilities and links minorities to defects that spawns oppression and violence against whole populations

Roberts, Baylor grad school, communication studies, 2007 ( Roberts, Jeff, May 2007, "Rhteorical Structure of Disability: Bridging the Gap Between What is 'Spoken and What is 'Said' with Song - Over Signifying with Personhood Against the Backdrop of Disease-Centric Discourse" [CJL])

The rhetoric surrounding disability, particularly as it 

AND 

people with disabilities in the spirit of equality?

Questioning the language used in policy is essential as policy makers and individuals to create effective challenges to the harms of the status quo.

Roberts, Baylor grad school, communication studies, 2007 ( Roberts, Jeff, May 2007, "Rhteorical Structure of Disability: Bridging the Gap Between What is 'Spoken and What is 'Said' with Song - Over Signifying with Personhood Against the Backdrop of Disease-Centric Discourse" [CJL])

This term “effectiveness” seems particularly thought 

AND 

it attempts to solve (Meurrens, 2005).”

Case

( ) Aff doesn’t solve DA -- Solvency delay – Our impacts will happen quicky, your solvency would take a long time if it requires changing mindsets or ideologies.

( ) No root cause to war – particulars of each case are more important.

Gat ‘9 (Azar, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, So Why Do People Fight? So Why Do People Fight? Evolutionary Theory and the Causes of War European Journal of International Relations 2009 15: 571-599,nov 15)

This article’s contribution is two-pronged: 

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win and/or defend those desired goods.

-- Their impact arguments are totalizing – democracy has built-in checks that prevent their impacts.

Dickinson, 04(University of Cincinnati, Central European History, 37:1, Academic Search Elite)

In short, the continuities between early twentieth

AND 

modern societies with quite radically differing potentials.9’

-- Biopolitics as a term is useless – it glosses over political problems rather than providing a means of confronting them.

Virno, 02 [Semiotics Prof -- University of Calabria, www.generation-online.org/p/fpvirno2.htm, accessed 7/24/05]

Toni (Negri) and Michael (Hardt

AND 

, instruments of work and not propaganda words.

Changing representational practices won’t alter policy—looking to structures and politics is more vital

Tuathail, ‘96 (Gearoid, Department of Georgraphy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Political Geography, 15(6-7), p. 664, science direct)

While theoretical debates at academic conferences  are important 

AND 

to the patterned mess that is  human history.

 ( ) Extinction is a side constraint - ethics demands you evaluate our impact first.

Seeley, ’86 (Central Comm. for Conscientious Objectors, Handbook of Non-Violence, p. 269-70)

In moral reasoning prediction of consequences is nearly 

AND 

nuclear war utterly impermissible under any sane moral code

( ) Foreign policy making requires prudence and evaluating consequences – moralism results in violence.

Gvosdev, ‘5 National Interest Executive Editor, SAIS Review, 25:1 

As the name implies, realists focus on 

AND 

rather than to bring about a successful outcome.

( ) Consequentialism best: 

A. Political responsibility – Aff’s framework ensures injustice.

Isaacs, ‘2 (Indiana Political Science Professor, Spring, Dissent, Vol. 49, no. 2)

Politics, in large part, involves contests 

AND 

promotes arrogance. And it undermines political effectiveness.

B. Democracy – a meaningful democracy requires consequentialism.

Woller, ’97 Brigham Young University, http://apsapolicysection.org/vol7_2/72.pdf

At the same time, deontologically based ethical 

AND 

, basis for public policy in a democracy.

T

A. Interpretation – Democracy assistance is aid for which the primary purpose, is to foster democracy. 

Richard Stephen Lappin 2010 POST-CONFLICT DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE: A STATE OF THE ART The Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/files/9/51/Vol85.pdf

Beginning with imprecise democracy assistance data, the 

AND 

therefore include economic and social aid programmes.’174

JSD is post conflict rebuilding

Rausch 2011 Justice and Security Dialogue: A New Tool for Peacebuilders | On the Issues by Colette Rausch June 22, 2011 http://www.usip.org/publications/justice-and-security-dialogue-new-tool-peacebuilders

Simply put, Justice and Security Dialogue (

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the police as an institution can best reform.

Violation – the aff is an instance of post conflict restructuring not of democracy assistance

1. Limits – nearly anything can be argued to “assist” democracy there’s no limit on aff mechanisms that can boost democracy, the Lappin evidence provides support for this distinction. 

Limiting democracy to political variables is a key brightline for democracy assistance

Burnell, prof of politics, University of Warwick, 2k (Democracy Assistance: International Co-operation for Democratization, Frank Cass publishers p.12)

All things considered, it follows that democracy 

AND 

provides conflicting answers to questions such as these.

Topicality is a Voting Issue for reasons of fairness and ground - 

1NC

The aff constructs a scarecrow threat of political Islamic groups as part of a strategy for American control– the “Islamic threat” leads to the support of antidemocratic oppressive regimes and kills their agency

Mohammed Abu-Nimer 2011 (International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program @ American Univ, "The Arab world geographer," Vol 14 No 2, pg. 153-159)

For decades, authoritarian Arab regimes and dictators

AND 

Christian protestors who protected each other while praying.

The impact outweighs and turns the case – Orientalist understandings of the world guarantee extinction 

Bilgin, ‘5 (Assistant Prof of International Relations at Bilkent University,  Regional Security in the Middle East, p. 164-5)

 Thinking about the future from a critical 

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in perpetuating regional insecurity in the Middle East.

Vote negative to return the gift of security—refusing to constitute a series of threats by voting negative defetishizes security and makes imagining a new world possible

Neocleous, prof. of critique of political economy @ Brunei University, 2008 p. 185-186

(Mark, Critique of Security)

The only way out of such a dilemma

AND 

be brave enough to return the gift.143 

DA

SKFTA will pass now – proper deals are tentatively in place

Yonhap News Agency, 9/15/11, “Geithner 'more confident' about ratification of FTAs” http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/09/15/13/0301000000AEN20110915000100315F.HTML

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner 

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Korea, Colombia and Panama," he said.

The plan is profoundly unpopular – people freak out at nation building aid.

National Journal 9/7/11 http://www.nationaljournal.com/state-department-will-name-taylor-to-lead-aid-efforts-in-libya-and-egypt-20110907

In part, the modest U.S

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amounts of aid money for Tunisia as well.

Obama leverage is needed to pass the FTAs in order to make sure they don’t fall through the cracks.

Inside US Trade 8/18/11 http://insidetrade.com/Inside-US-Trade/Inside-U.S.-Trade-08/19/2011/with-fta-path-forward-still-unclear-quick-action-needed-in-the-fall/menu-id-710.html

If Congress and the White House are to 

AND 

"fall through the cracks" in September.

D. Impact - Failure to ratify SKFTA crushes the alliance and US leadership in Asia.

Knowlede at Wharton 1/12 (University of Pennsylvania newspaper, http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2671)

What's more, the fate of the pact 

AND 

President has put his reputation on the line."

Alliance is critical to Prevent Korean war.

Pritchard et al, 09 – President of the Korea Economic Institute (Charles L, 6/16. With John H. Tilelli Jr., Chairman and CEO, Cypress International, and Scott A. Snyder, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies, CFR. “A New Chapter for U.S.-South Korea Alliance.” Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.cfr.org/publication/19635/new_chapter_for_ussouth_korea_alliance.html)

While all eyes have been trained on North 

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persuade China to put pressure on North Korea.

Korean conflict Goes nuclear and triggers every impact.

Hayes and Green, 10 - *Victoria University AND **Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute (Peter and Michael, “-“The Path Not Taken, the Way Still Open: Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia”, 1/5, 

http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/10001HayesHamalGreen.pdf)

The consequences of failing to address the proliferation 

AND 

that warrants priority consideration from the international community.

CP

Text: The European Union should conduct a Justice and Security Dialogue between Libyan government officials, Libyan rebel fighters, police forces employed under the previous Libyan regime, Libyan civil society leaders, and Libyan citizens.

Institutionalized and more local involvement – less stringent financial requirements

Huber, Dept. IR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2008 (Daniela, "Democracy Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparison of US and EU Policies," Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 13, No.1, 43-62, March 2008)

Quite remarkable is that the EU' s EMP 

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to an increasing work with local grantees. 14

NT

US won’t lash-out – domestic response only

Bremmer ‘4 (President -- Eurasia Group, http://www.newstatesman.com/200409130005)

What would happen if there were a new 

AND 

support it enjoyed for the invasion of Afghanistan.

Al Qaeda wrecked now, WMD terrorism is impossible, and all of your evidence is empirically disproven scare-mongering.

Mueller, 8-2-11 (Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center

Professor of Political Science, Foreign Affairs)

The chief lesson of 9/11 should 

AND 

the future. No elephants there, either.

Second Adv

( ) NATO is weak and its collapse is inevitable

Cloud  6/11/11 – Staff Writer

(David S., “Gates calls NATO weak”  http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/national_world/gates-calls-nato-weak/article_a1d8b246-df69-52b5-9367-0cb000c3c071.html)

BRUSSELS — Outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. 

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boost defense spending and strengthen their armed forces. 

( ) Libya proves NATO is a paper tiger and is no longer useful

Bonavita 6/13/11- the editor and publisher of McLean Publishing Co. 

(Denny, June 13, 2011, “Lesson from Libya: NATO becoming useless paper tiger, siphoning precious U.S. dollars” http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/courierexpresscourierexpressouropinion/922420-349/lesson-from-libya-nato-becoming-useless-paper.html)

So what have we learned from the American

AND 

out of South Korea, Japan and Germany. 

( ) Structural defects make NATO failure inevitable

Stewart and Williams ‘7 (Rory, chief exec of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation in Kabul and Dr. Michael, head of the transatlantic program at the Royal United Services Institute, “UK Operations in Afghanistan,” House of Commons Defense Committee, Thirteenth Report of Sessions 2006-7, 7-18, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmdfence/408/408.pdf)

Mr Stewart: One of the problems with 

AND 

be done by NGOs, very much so.

( ) Nato useless.

Kaplan ‘5

(Robert D. Kaplan “How We Would Fight China” The Atlantic Monthly, June http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/06/how-we-would-fight-china/3959/)

The first thing to understand is that the 

AND 

major-league U.S. military.

( ) No China War –

A. No incentive.

Bremmer, 10 – president of Eurasia Group and author (Ian Bremmer, “China vs. America: Fight of the Century,” Prospect, March 22, 2010, http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/03/china-vs-america-fight-of-the-century/)

China will not mount a military challenge to 

AND 

by offering Taiwan’s business elite privileged investment opportunities.

B. No war in ANY dispute.

Fravel ‘8 (Taylor, poli sci prof and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT, “Power Shifts and Escalation,” International Security, Winter, lexis)  

The prospects for China's use of force in 

AND 

its claim and the outcome of any negotiations.

 ( ) No impact to China war –

A. War would be limited.

Jeffrey Record, Professor at the US Air War College, Senior Fellow at CISP, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis at Brookings, Winter, ’1 (Thinking About China and War. Aerospace Power Journal. Infotrac)

Assuming the absence of mindless escalation to a 

AND 

ground would have been untenable without air dominance.)

B. US would ruckus them – no nuclear use.

Robert S. Ross, Staff Writer for the National Interest, Fall, 05 (Assessing the China Threat. The National Interest. Lexis)

At the strategic level, after decades of 

AND 

for our European allies during the Cold War.

( ) Prolif inevitable

A. Conventional Weapons.

Gerson and Boyars ‘7 (Michael Gerson is a specialist in military strategy, nuclear deterrence, arms control, and WMD proliferation, is a member of CNA’s Center for Strategic Studies. and Jacob Boyars is an intern in CNA’s Center for Strategic Studies “The Future of U.S. Deterrence: Constructing Effective Strategies to Deter States and Non-State Actors” CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES 18 September 2007 http://www.cna.org/documents/D0017171. AT.pdf)

In today’s threat environment, however, it 

AND 

possible deterrent against U.S. power.

B. Regional concerns.

Blechman ‘9 (Barry. co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center and a Stimson Distinguished Fellow. Don’t Reduce the US Nuclear Arsenal Unilaterally: We Need Levers to Move the World Toward Disarmament 1/21/9. http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?id=734.)

Nor would a unilateral reduction help the US 

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to deter American involvement in a regional crisis.

( ) Prolif Not Cause War –

A. History supports.

Tepperman ‘9 (Jonathan Tepperman a journalist based in New York City. “Why Obama should learn to love the bomb” Newsweek Nov 9, 2009 http://jonathantepperman.com/Welcome_files/nukes_Final.pdf) 

A growing and compelling body of research suggests 

AND 

the two sides have never fought another war.

B. So does the best statistical evidence.

Asal and Beardsley ‘7 (Victor Asal Department of Political Science, State University of New York, Albany and Kyle Beardsley Department of Political Science, Emory University “Proliferation and International Crisis Behavior” Journal of Peace Research 2007; 44; 139)

As Model 1 in Table IV illustrates, 

AND 

of nuclear powers involved in the conflict increases. 

No war – States have an incentive to avoid it.

Zakaria 08 (Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, 2008, The Post-American World,  p. 244)

In certain areas – the South China Sea

AND 

work-arounds might be just as effective.

( ) Heg inevitable.

Goldberg 11 ( January 28 2011 “America's China Syndrome” AEIPPR American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy Research http://www.aei.org/article/103022)

It's true that from the early 1990s until 

AND 

new normal looks a lot like the old normal

Solvency

The transition will be peaceful – NTC leadership

The Economist, 8/27/11 ("Good Intentions, Fragile legitimacy," http://www.economist.com/node/21526958)

The NTC was quickly able to call upon 

AND 

himself for his years of serving the regime.

Aff doesn’t solve security – necessary for democracy

Goldstone, prof of public policy, George Mason University, 8/24/11(Jack, "Does Libya Mark a New Era in US Foreign Policy? Or will we screw up an easy victory again?" http://newpopulationbomb.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/does-libya-mark-a-new-era-in-us-foreign-policy-or-will-we-screw-up-an-easy-victory-again/)

In both countries, the US ignored the 

AND 

installations need professional security forces to keep order.

Aff doesn’t solve – development assistance isn’t T

Goldstone, prof of public policy, George Mason University, 8/24/11(Jack, "Does Libya Mark a New Era in US Foreign Policy? Or will we screw up an easy victory again?" http://newpopulationbomb.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/does-libya-mark-a-new-era-in-us-foreign-policy-or-will-we-screw-up-an-easy-victory-again/)

And yes, the US also ignored the 

AND 

animosity will also rise toward any successor regime.

Aid workers are perceived as western imperialists increasing support for terrorism and turning solvency

Telegraph 8/21/11 (General Lord Dannatt, "Libya: We must learn the lessons of Iraq," http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8714150/Libya-We-must-learn-the-lessons-of-Iraq.html)

Although costly in both blood and treasure the 

AND 

on the ground being filled by Libyan feet.

Neg: Iowa AL

Round # 4 Tournament: Shirley

Vs Team: Liberty LS

Judge: James Herndon

Off Case Args:

Security

PNTR DA

Advantage CP

Case Args:

Saudi DA

Impact Defense

No timeframe to cred

Block Strategy:

CP, Case, DA

2nr Strategy:

Case, DA