KORUS 1NC: Uniqueness
SKFTA Will pass before the mid-October diplomatic deadline
Korea Herald 9/23 [U.S. Senate clears one hurdle to FTA with S. Korea 2011-09-23 10:16 http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110923000369 K. Joseph]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (Yonhap) The U.S. Senate, led by Democrats, [TO] shortly after the Senate vote.
KORUS 1NC: Link [2.1/2]
Plan drains capital
Lennon et al. 09 [Alexander T.J., Senior Fellow, International Security Program @ CSIS, Editor in Chief, The Washington Quarterly, also Larry Diamond, Francis Fukuyama, Michael McFaul, and Matthew J. Owens, “Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy: From Promotion to Support”, http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090310_lennon_democracy_web.pdf]
Initially, momentum seemed to be gaining [TO] life, our way of government.”
KORUS 1NC: Internal Link [2.2/2]
And Capital is key
Kim, Joongang ‘7/6 [Daily Columnist, Sukhan, senior partner at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Washington, D.C., 30 June 2011, “[Viwepoint] Endgame for Korus”, http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2938477, 7.6.11]
Timing is also a key concern for [TO] succeed in his audacious gamble.
KORUS 1NC: Warming Module [1/2]
KORUS solves the economy, the alliance, global trade , democracy, and warming
Twining 9 [Daniel is Senior Fellow for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). He is also a consultant to the U.S. government on international security affairs “The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the 21st Century,” Strengthening the U.S.-Korea Alliance for the 21st Century - The Role of Korean-American Partnership in Shaping Asia’s Emerging Order” www.kinu.or.kr/upload/neoboard/DATA05/korus09.pdf]
Expanding U.S.-ROK economic ties is [TO] Partnership on Clean Development and Climate.
KORUS 1NC: Warming Module [2/2]
Climate change threatens massive species extinction on a global scale
Stern, 7 [Head of the British Government Economic Service, Former Head Economist for the World Bank, Director of Policy and Research for the Commission for Africa, I.G. Patel Chair at the London School of Economics and Political Science (Nicholas, “The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review”, http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/stern_review_report.cfm]
Climate change is likely to occur [TO] the highest biodiversity on the planet.
2NC Uniqueness
Passage now is key -
A) time sensitive cooperation with U.S. and Korean legislatures
Korea Times 9/16 [By Chung Min-uck,staff reporter, Korea Times. “Korea-US trade pact introduced despite objections September 16, 2011 Friday – lexis K. Joseph]
The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) [TO] (GSP) next week,'said Nam.
B) And it’s Passed – TAA passage has trade legislation at the top of the agenda
Forbes 9/22 [By JIM ABRAMS staff reporter for Associated Press, Senate passes worker aid bill tied to trade deals 09.22.11, 06:53 PM EDT http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/22/general-us-congress-trade_8695970.html K. Joseph]
WASHINGTON The prospect that Congress will [TO] of the worker-aid program.
C) Empirics / leadership perception – presidential leadership and bipartisan support makes status quo passage inevitable – prefer our issue specific uniqueness, evidence and insider political perspective
McLarty Cunningham 1/24 [By Thomas "Mack" McLarty III and Nelson W. Cunningham Mr. McLarty was chief of staff to President Clinton in 1993-94 and helped bring Bill Daley into the White House to lead the 1993 Nafta ratification effort. Mr. Cunningham was an aide to President Clinton and to then-Sen. Joseph Biden. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954004576090290103169526.html?mod=googlenews_wsj K. Joseph]
Our experience tells us that [TO] in his administration would prefer.
2NC/1NR: Warming Turns Democracy
We’ll turn the case here - Warming turns democracy, and makes conflict and instability inevitable
Zinni, ‘7 - Sanford Distinguished Lecturer in Residence at Duke University, Nimitz Chair at the University of California-Berkeley, the Hofheimer Chair at the Joint Forces Staff College, the Harriman Professor of Government on the board of the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary, Weissberg Chair in International Studies at Beloit College, former Commander in Chief of CENTCOM (Anthony, “National Security and the Threat of Climate Change,” http://securityandclimate.cna.org/report/National%20Security%20and%20the%20Threat%20of%20Climate%20Change.pdf)
Climate change acts as a threat [TO] once a conflict has begun.
Country Link: Egypt Controversial
Aid to Egypt is controversial—politicians have tolerated small amounts but lawmakers want to trim the deficit
Sharp, 2011 Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs ”Egypt in Transition”August 23, 2011, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33003.pdf
Although the Egyptian government has [TO] sector in Egypt and Tunisia)
Country Link: Egypt Cost PolCap
Plan is hugely controversial – drains pol cap
Guttman 2011 [Nathan Guttman “Congress Wielding Foreign Aid Budget in Effort to Influence Shape of New Middle East” – Forward.com, May 17, http://www.forward.com/articles/137826/
Congress’s power of the purse [TO] the receipt of U.S. aid.”
