Egypt DA

Egypt DA

1NC v OU Cherry-O'Brien

US gave Egypt control over democracy assistance – it’s solving relations. 

Reyes 8-16-11 - As a senior staff writer, Che focuses on international development breaking news coverage as well as interviews and features. Prior to joining Devex, Che handled communications for local and international development NGOs and government institutions in the Philippines, IN EGYPT, COMPROMISE ON US FUNDS FOR NGOS RAISES FEARS OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL, DevEx, 8-16, http://www.devex.com/en/blogs/development-assistance-under-obama/in-egypt-compromise-on-us-funds-for-ngos-raises-fears-of-government-control-2

After months of standing its ground on ...some €240 million ($344 million) in debt for Egypt’s development.  

US meddling leads to backsliding

Telhami 11 – Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Saban Center of the Brookings Institution, Shibley, Egypt, Tunisia . . . and Iran, The National Interest, 2-15, http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/egypt-tunisia-iran-4868

These two factors combine to weaken the ...harder for anyone to point fingers at the West.

Egyptian backsliding causes nuclear war.

Byman 11 - Daniel Byman is a Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and the Research Director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, Israel’s Pessimistic View of the Arab Spring, The Washington Quarterly, Summer, http://www.twq.com/11summer/docs/11summer_Byman.pdf

Israel’s fears are much more likely to become reality ...in a dangerous escalation that could spiral into disaster.