A. Latin America is USAID’s priority now- BUT new programs tradeoff

Shah and Menendez, USAID administrator and US Senator (D-NJ), 11

(Rajiv, USAID administrator, and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), "International Development Policy Priorities in the FY2012 Budget," Federal News Service, 4-13-2011, l/n, accessed 8-31-11, mss)

So explain to me in our own…is not acceptable. That is not acceptable.

Foreign aid funding is zero-sum- plan forces a tradeoff

Sessions, Center for Global Development program coordinator, 6

(Myra, "The PMI Turns One – How Will We Measure Success?," Center for Global Development, blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2006/07/the-pmi-turns-one-how-will-we.php, accessed 8-31-11, mss)

Thanks for the comment and question…and opportunities of the initiatives.

B. USAID cuts in Latin America devastate the ABCI- key to protect the Amazon

Patlis, WWF US Government relations managing director, 7

(Jason, World Wildlife Fund, CQ Congressional Testimony, " Fiscal 2008 Appropriations: State, Foreign Operations & Other Programs," 3-29-7, l/n, accessed 9-8-11, mss)

Amazon Basin Conservation Initiative (ABCI): After …extraordinary biodiversity in the Amazon watershed.

Amazon collapse risks extinction

Takacs, California State Institute for Earth Systems Science and Policy environmental humanities instructor 1996

(David, “The Idea of Biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise,” 1996, pg. 200-201)

So biodiversity keeps the world running. …not with a bang but a whimper.14

Focusing on liberation requires re-affirmation of animality to justify the liberation of those the affirmative targets which re-entrenches speciesism.

Kim, UC Irvine political science professor, 2009

(Claire, “Slaying the Beast:  Reflections on Race, Culture, and Species”, http://aapf.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/kalfou.pdf, ldg) 

Dyson gives a perfunctory nod to…discourse, our experience, and our actions

There is an institutional bias in favor of speciesism-the AFF’s failure to directly challenge it allows hegemonic discourses to constrain the parameters of discussion and political activity which allows specieisism to continue.

Jackman, UC Davis sociology professor, 1994

(Mary, The Velvet Glove: Paternalism and Conflict in Gender, Class, and Race Relations, pg 64-68, ldg)

The institutionalization of expropriative arrangements yields …clumsy basis for durable social control.

Speciesism makes possible “systematic beastilization” which justifies non-criminal putting to death of the other—root cause of all oppression

Rossini, postdoctoral Fellow ASCA, 2006

(Manuela, “To the Dogs: Companion speciesism and the new feminist materialism”, text and image Volume 3, September, http://intertheory.org/rossini, ldg)

What is equally sobering, however, is … direct and disproportionate effects on animals.[26]

The alternative is to embrace the standpoint of the animal—this overcomes the humanist bias of the affirmative scholarship, connects the experiences of human and non-human animals and allows for total liberation by providing understanding of all oppression

Best, UT El Paso philosophy professor, 2009

(Steven, “The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: Putting Theory into Action and Animal Liberation into Higher Education “, Journal for Critical Animal Studies, Volume VII, Issue 1, 2009,http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/JCAS/Journal_Articles_download/issue_9/JCAS%20VII%20Issue%201%20MAY%20ISSUE%20The%20Rise%20of%20Critical%20Animal%20Studies%20pgs%209-52.pdf, ldg)

Postmodern critiques have been hugely…justice, and ecological healing and balance. 

A. Cyber-security will pass and is top of the docket- Obama push key and solves

Baschuk, WCN assistant editors, 2-16

(Bryce Baschuk and Kamala Lane, Warren Communications News, "Support Builds for Action on Senate Cybersecurity Bill," Communications Daily, 2-16-12, l/n, accessed 2-21-12, mss)

Support Builds for Action on Senate …think are growing every day." 

Democracy assistance drains capital – no constituency, tea party influence and fear of Muslim takeover.

Hamid, Project on Middle East Democracy director of research, 2011

(Shadi, "Tunisia, Egypt, Arab world need bold US support for democracy, not mixed messages," 1-26-11, Dow Jones Factiva, accessed 6-11-11, mtf)

Hard to shift gears now considering…likely to make Americans uncomfortable.)

PC is key

Packel, data security lawyer, 11

(Eric, member of the Privacy and Data Security practice group and the Technology, Media & IP practice group at Marshall Dennehey, Warner Coleman & Goggin, "Will There Finally be a U.S. National Data Breach Law?" Data Breach Legal Watch, 5-15-11, www.databreachlegalwatch.com/2011/05/will-there-finally-be-a-u-s-national-data-breach-law/, accessed 2-22-12, mss)

While massive data breaches, such …We will be watching this closely.

C. Cyber espionage kills heg

Mueller, FBI director, 11

(Robert, current director of the FBI, "Changing Threats in a Changing World," States News Service, 11-17-11, l/n, accessed 2-22-12, mss) 

Now let us turn from terrorists…have increased dramatically in recent years.

Guarantees great power war

Zhang et al., Carnegie Endowment researcher, 11

(Yuhan, “America’s decline: A harbinger of conflict and rivalry”, 1-22-11, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/01/22/americas-decline-a-harbinger-of-conflict-and-rivalry/, DOA: 9-21-11, ldg)

This does not necessarily mean …be devoid of unrivalled US primacy.

US-Saudi relationship is strong and is expected to grow – best indicators prove

Zeigler, Research Director for the Saudi-U.S. Trade Group, 11

[Lucien, May 21, 2011, “US-Saudi Relations: Still Strong”, http://arabianomics.com/2011/05/21/for-us-saudi-relations-%E2%80%98political-divide%E2%80%99-widens-but-economic-security-cooperation-grows/, 7/30/11, atl]

One can be more precise about …stronger than current disagreements might indicate.

US democracy assistance kills Saudi relations – “tectonic shift” in alliance

Lister, CNN writer, 2011

(Tim, "Distrusting U.S., Saudi Arabia embarks on more assertive role," CNN Politics, 5-18-11, http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/05/18/obama.saudi.arabia/index.html?eref=rss_latest&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+Most+Recent%29, accessed 8-17-11, mtf)

 At the same time, the Saudi …the U.S. "had lost all credibility."

U.S.-Saudi relations key to solve multiple scenarios Middle East instability

Brzezinski, Professor of American Policy at John Hopkins University, 09

[Zbigniew, May 8, “U.S.-Saudi Relations in a World Without Equilibrium Conference Transcripts -- Session 1 The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski”, http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/articles/2009/ioi/090508-ussa-brzezinski.html, 7/30/11, atl]

I think we need to work …for peace in the Middle East. 

Middle East instability leads to global nuclear war

Steinbach, 3/3/02

 ( John, DC Iraq Coalition, Centre for Research on Globalisation, “Israeli Nuclear weapons: a threat to piece”, http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/mat0036.htm ) gh

Meanwhile, the existence of an arsenal …conflict could trigger a world conflagration." 

Text: The United States Millennium Challenge Corporation should enter into compact negotiations with [Insert Plan Country]. The compact should at least include programs designed to improve [Insert Plan Area].

MCC approach is comparatively better-5 reasons

Radelet, Center for Global Development senior fellow, 2003

(Steven, “Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account”, 5-1, http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2920, ldg)

The country-program approach has many …slowly across countries and over time. 

Democracy Discourse CP—1NC

Plan text—removes the word “democracy” from the affirmative’s plan text.

For example, against the JMU Yemen Decentralization affirmative it would read:

The United States Federal Government, through USAID, should substantially increase its decentralization assistance for Yemen by fostering a favorable environment for decentralization, local governance, and local governance capacity.

“Democracy” interrupts political discourse, halts debate, and creates cover for political violence

Sunic, former US professor, author, translator and former Croatian diplomat, 10

(Tomislav, Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, “Preface,” written 12-28-2010, in The Problem of Democracy, written by Alain de Benoist (2011), 9-12, mss)

Those who love to regurgitate the…political catastrophes in the near future.