History proves that US foreign policy has always been characterized by securing us interests and resources- during the cold war supporting autocratic regimes in order “containing communism” was second to making sure the international community was safe for US elites- when mass movements against anti democratic regimes started to take hold, the US had to justify its colonialist foreign policy by promoting democracy abroad- US and IR policy elites churned out literature justifying this new benign form of foreign policy- this hid the transition from coercive means of social control to seemingly consensual ones
Robinson, William 1996 ( promoting polyarchy ; globalization US intervention, and hegemony, 14-16

This technocratic liberal democracy promotion holds a singular American based conception of democracy that excludes alternative forms of political thought- leading to an obliteration of difference and racialized violence
Long, ‘6 [David Long, Carleton University Professor of International Affairs, “liberalism, imperialism, and empire,” Studies in Political Economy, Vol 78, 2006, https://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/5218/2111]

This neoliberal order prevents self-determination—it imposes Western imperialism under the façade of democratic and free governance
Ayers, ‘9 [Alison J. Ayers, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Imperial Liberties: Democratisation and Governance in the ‘New’ Imperial Order, Political Studies, Volume 57, Issue 1, pages 1–27, March 2009]

The supposed benevolence of this liberal democracy is a lie- colonialism has transformed itself from more obvious coercive acts of force to a velvet glove of oppressive relations
Ayers, ‘9 [Alison J. Ayers, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Imperial Liberties: Democratisation and Governance in the ‘New’ Imperial Order, Political Studies, Volume 57, Issue 1, pages 1–27, March 2009]

This notion of liberal democracy has foundations in notions of racial superiority that are used as justifications for imperialist and violent interventions in the name of spreading democracy
Farrel ‘5
(Theo Farrell is reader in War in the Modern World at King’s College London, “Strategic Culture and American Empire,” SAIS Review, Volume 25, Number 2, Summer-Fall 2005, pp. 3-18, P. museDN)

This American exceptionalism destroys the ontology of the oppressed- it blames them for their shortcoming making it impossible to recognize alternative political existences  
Spanos 8
[William Spanos American Exceptionalism in the Age of Globalization. 2008. 58-60]

liberal democracy is not actual democracy but rather a mask for elite control of society- people don’t really express their political voices, it’s a façade designed to ensure political elites never lose control of resources
Glenn Sankatsing (acting minister of foreign minister of Suriname) Published in: Political Democracy, Social Democracy and the Market in the Caribbean. Edited by Jack Menke. Paramaribo, Democracy Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, 2004

Thus Nick and I advocate a rethinking of democracy assistance. 

The 1ac’s fundamental questioning of the way liberal democracy presents itself as the only legitimate political system  opens up space to radically examine what democracy assistance is- we need to democratize the debate about democracy in order to transform the current neocolonial  order.
Kurki, and Hobson ’09 [Milja Kurki, Aberystwyth University, Christopher Hobson, principal investigator of thePolitical Economies of Democratisation project, based at the department of international politics, Aberystwyth University
 a postdoctoral fellow in the department of international politics, Opendemocracy.net Democracy and democracy support- a new era)

Challenging the legitimacy of liberal democracy is essential-Empire is maintained by a seemingly “neutral” political science that shores up liberal assumptions and controls what is or isn’t a legitimate political thought
Wedeen in 2k7 (Lisa, Professor of Political Science Lisa Wedeen specializes in comparative politics, the Middle East, political theory, feminist theory, and qualitative methods, Scientific Knowledge, Liberalism and Empire: American Political Science in the Modern Middle East Social Science Research Council, June 14-15, 2007,http://www.ssrc.org/workspace/images/crm/new_publication_3/%7B8a197abf-ed60-de11-bd80-001cc477ec70%7D.pdf)

We need to affirm democracy’s contestability-a recognition of possibility of non liberal democracy as a legitimate political formation allows us to challenge the knowledge production of the status quo
Kurki, ’10 [Milja Kurki, Aberystwyth University, Democracy and Conceptual Contestability: Reconsidering Conceptions of Democracy in Democracy Promotion, International Studies Review (2010) 12, 365-6]

The plan solves American exceptionalism- engaging in a rigorous examination of our current monolithic approach to democracy assistance allows us to transform our psychological relationship to the international community
Carothers, Thomas 2004 ( vp of studies at Carnegie institute , Critical mission: essays on democracy promotion, page 153-154) 

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So called “democracy assistance” is not a result of America’s commitment to “free nations”, it was created as a way to cover up America’s imperialist history 

Robinson, William 1996 ( promoting polyarchy ; globalization US intervention, and hegemony, 14-16

Much postwar literature on US foreign policy ...means of social control with consensual ones.  

This technocratic liberal democracy promotion holds a singular American based conception of democracy that excludes alternative forms of political thought- leading to an obliteration of difference and racialized violence

Long, ‘6 [David Long, Carleton University Professor of International Affairs, “liberalism, imperialism, and empire,” Studies in Political Economy, Vol 78, 2006, https://twpl.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/5218/2111]

More generally, the liberal problem with ...) war to remove states viewed as rogues by the United State

And nowhere is this more true than in the so called “arab spring”- the united states views these protestors as a group of second class humans who are now finally realizing how great liberal democracy is. This racialized understanding of the arab spring is the foundation of the United States approach to the middle east

scar H Blayton. JD, Yale, 28 March 2011, “Rising Of Nations In The Face Of Neoliberalism And Racism,” ACC. 7-19-11, http://kimpavitapress.org/2011/03/rising-of-nations-in-the-face-of-neoliberalism-and-racism-by-oscar-h-blayton

As people of several nations in North Africa ...of the world, going forward in time.

When the united states promises to “aid” the arab spring- it is attempting to convert all of these countries into American-esque political systems 

Ghannoushi 2011 (Soumaya, is a researcher in the history of ideas at the School of Oriental and African Studies. "Obama, hands off our spring" May 26 2011 www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/26/obama-hands-off-arab-spring)

The US wants to turn the Arab revolutions into ...while occupying and aiding occupation.

democracy assistance is constructed through an “outside in” model, in which the US pre-determines the structure and trajectory of aid- this model embraces a “pedagogy of power” that denies recipients agency over the process, converting them into objects

Hobson ‘9 

(Christopher, Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, “The Limits of Liberal-Democracy Promotion,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 34, October, p. 393-7)

Democracy promoters now tend to work  with a more nuanced...“progressed” than those still  seeking to make this transition.

This notion of liberal democracy has foundations in notions of racial superiority that are used as justifications for imperialist and violent interventions in the name of spreading democracy 

Farrel ‘5

(Theo Farrell is reader in War in the Modern World at King’s College London, “Strategic Culture and American Empire,” SAIS Review, Volume 25, Number 2, Summer-Fall 2005, pp. 3-18, P. muse//DN)

The domestic systems of liberal democracies place considerable limitations on the use...and at the heart of empire.28 [End Page 6]

Therefore, Edawg and I advocate a rethinking of the United States democracy assistance to topically designated countries. 

The 1ac’s fundamental questioning of the way liberal democracy presents itself as the only legitimate political system  opens up space to radically examine what democracy assistance is- we need to democratize the debate about democracy in order to transform the current neocolonial  order. 

Kurki, and Hobson ’09 [Milja Kurki, Aberystwyth University, Christopher Hobson, principal investigator of thePolitical Economies of Democratisation project, based at the department of international politics, Aberystwyth University

 a postdoctoral fellow in the department of international politics, Opendemocracy.net Democracy and democracy support- a new era)

Democracy rethought

There are four ways in which a rethinking ...; in order, perhaps, to emerge stronger as a result.

Challenging the legitimacy of liberal democracy is essential-Empire is maintained by a seemingly “neutral” political science that shores up liberal assumptions and controls what is or isn’t a legitimate political thought

Wedeen in 2k7 (Lisa, Professor of Political Science Lisa Wedeen specializes in comparative politics, the Middle East, political theory, feminist theory, and qualitative methods, Scientific Knowledge, Liberalism and Empire: American Political Science in the Modern Middle East Social Science Research Council, June 14-15, 2007, http://www.ssrc.org/workspace/images/crm/new_publication_3/%7B8a197abf-ed60-de11-bd80-001cc477ec70%7D.pdf)

The late Edward Said (1978) famously underscored the connections ...vision of a rationalist liberal politics, on the other. 

You should place questions of knowledge production first- acting to change theory is an effective form of practice, all their evidence obscures non-state actor agency and overestimates the role of the state in security

Bilgin 5 (Pinar, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, “Regional Security in the Middle East”, p 54-59)

The state, as noted above, has traditionally been viewed ...they run the risk of constituting ‘threats to the future’ (Kubálková 1998: 193-201).

The plan solves American exceptionalism- engaging in a rigorous examination of our current monolithic approach to democracy assistance allows us to transform our psychological relationship to the international community

Carothers, Thomas 2004 ( vp of studies at Carnegie institute , Critical mission: essays on democracy promotion, page 153-154) 

In a broad, metaphorical sense, the manifold efforts ...principles and values we espouse. 

Jessica whyte 2009 Jessica WHYTE. 2009. Contesting realities. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2

Wendy Brown has suggested that while the ...we must firstly challenge ourselves to think, and to act, against reality