A. Interpretation: Democracy assistance is based on concessionary provisions.
Burnell 2008, P (Department of International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, Warwickshire)., From Evaluating Democracy Assistance to Appraising Democracy Promotion. Political Studies, 56: 414–434. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2007.00653.x

Democracy assistance, which consists of the concessionary
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compliance are delivered early and cannot be reversed.

Despite its short-comings Iran is leveraging its current relations on the Arab street to advance its hegemony in the region. However, maintaining this momentum is predicated upon exploiting the populist sentiment
Parsi and Marashi in 2011(Trita, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, Reza, research director for the National Iranian Council and Previous served in the U.S. State Department in the Office of Iranian Affairs, “Arab Spring Seen From Tehran”, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/Pages/articleDetails.aspx?aid=62)
In the short to medium term, however
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, this is arguably the most likely scenario. 

The impression of American support for popular revolution will cascade throughout the region, causing extremist takeover and allowing Iran to expand its regional hegemony
Shmuel Bar in 11 ( director of studies at the Institute for Policy and Strategy in Herzliya, Israel, Policy Review,  America's Fading Middle East Influence, academic search premier)
If the impression of American support for popular
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stable democratic government in that primarily tribal country. 

Mounting pressure on Iran results in lash out against Israel leading to Middle East war
Ben-Ami in 2010(Shlomo, former Israeli foreign minister who now serves as vice president of the Toledo International Centre for Peace, “Mideastern war fears are never hollow”, The Daily Star, March 8)
General James Jones, Barack Obama's national security
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a legitimate partner in a new regional system.   

Iranian hegemony undermines Middle East stability and risk global nuclear conflagration
Alon Ben-Meir, 2007 (“Ending Iran's defiance American pressure at this time will not be taken lightly by Iranian regime”, http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3361650,00.html, accessed 6/25/10)-Wey
The fact that Iran stands today able to
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severe consequences of not halting its nuclear program.

Text: The European Union should <do the plan>. 

US isn’t key – EU solves and is better for long term change
Youngs 2001, Richard, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES, “DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: THE CASE OF EUROPEAN UNION STRATEGYCENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES  CEPS WORKING DOCUMENT NO. 167, October, google scholar
The magnitude and nature of US democracy assistance
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, not decreasing, need for political aid.

The method of promoting democracy is imperialist and undermines democracy
Monten 5 (Jonathan, Research Fellow, International Security Program“The Roots of The Bush Doctrine” Pg 124 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/international_security/v029/29.4monten.html)
Exemplarists argue that the United States should promote
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and consolidate democratic institutions is limited and constrained.

Imperialism devalues the lives of others through the expansion of capital markets
Harvey in 3 (David, PHD, The New Imperialism, Oxford University Press, http://web. me.com/eatonak/PE/page10/files/New%20Imperialism.pdf)
It is, of course, the populations
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capital and the endless accumulation of political power.

Calculating life allows it to be devalued-this justifies the worst atrocities in history and has real effects on populations
Dillon 99 (Michael, Professor of International Relations at the University of Lancaster, “Another Justices” Political Theory, Vol 27, No. 2, 164-5)
Quite the reverse. The subject was never
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bringing an end to the requirement for decision.

Vote negative to question the epistemological foundations of empire.  US neo-imperialism sustains itself by controlling the boundaries of knowledge.  Only exposing the epistemic violence of imperialism can offer ways of knowing that counteract the violence and elitism of US empire.
McLaren and Kincheloe in 5 (Peter Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies @ UCLA and Joe, professor and Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Education, McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition, Eds Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln)

In this context, it is important to
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a new era. <P306-307>

Saudi Arabia is taking a wait and see approach to the Arab Spring in the status quo
Reuters 7/13/11, “Saudi Policy on Yemen and Syria Seen Floundering.” http://sundaytimes.lk/index.php/analysis/8849-saudi-policy-on-yemen-syria-seen-floundering
Saudi Arabia has helped … cases, to back them.

Direct US involvement in the Arab Spring has been and will continue to be low.
Black 2011, Ian. “Barack Obama Signals Selective US Response to Arab Spring.” The Guardian. 5/19/11.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/19/barack-obama-response-arab-spring
Barack Obama's speech … strategy in Libya.

Support for Bahrain protests strains relations – turns hegemony
Saikh 3/23/11, Salman. “The Bahrain Crisis and its Regional Dangers.” Foreign Policy.http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/23/the_bahrain_crisis_and_its_regional_dangers
Bahrain represents the … greater regional fallout. 

Alliance collapse causes Saudi proliferation
McDowell 03 (Steven, LT, US Navy, Master’s thesis for Navy Postgraduate School, “Is Saudi Arabia a Nuclear Threat?,” Sept. 2003,http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/mcdowell.pdf,)
The U.S.-Saudi relationship … in the Gulf.

Extinction
Utgoff in 2
(Deputy Director of the Strategy Forces, and Resources Division of the Institute for Defense Analyses, Victor, “Proliferation, Missile Defence, and American Ambitions,” Survival, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer)
First, the dynamics of getting … cities or even whole nations

US-Israel relationship is strong despite tensions
Los Angeles Times 2011, Saturday, May 21, “Obama, Netanyahu insist U.S.-Israel ties are strong,”http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/newsworldnation/920180-227/obama-netanyahu-insist-u.s.-israel-ties-are-strong.html
President Barack Obama … well,” Obama warned.

Direct US involvement in the Arab Spring has been and will continue to be low.
Black 2011, Ian. “Barack Obama Signals Selective US Response to Arab Spring.” The Guardian. 5/19/11.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/19/barack-obama-response-arab-spring
Barack Obama's speech … future strategy in Libya.

Increased US support for democracy alienates Israel
Stratfor 2011, Wednesday, May 25, “In Arab Spring, Disagreement Blossoms Between Israel, U.S.,” stratfor.com
Netanyahu’s speech before … interests (and thus security). 

Perception of lost support means Israel strikes Iran
Goldberg 2010, Jeffrey, national correspondent for The Atlantic, September, “The Point of No Return,”http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/09/the-point-of-no-return/8186/3/?single_page=true
If the Israelis reach …between the group and Israel.) 

Israel-Iran war cause regional war and collapses the global economy
CBS News 2010, “Jeffrey Goldberg: More than 50 Percent Chance Israel Would Strike Iran in 2011,” August 11, CBS News,  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20013348-503543.html
Goldberg writes that … leper among nations." 

Extinction
BEARDON 2K
Lt Col. Beardon, PhD, 2000 http://www.cheniere.org/correspondence/042500%20-%20modified.htm Lt. Col Thomas E. Bearden (retd.) PhD, MS (nuclear engineering), BS (mathematics - minor electronic engineering) Co-inventor - the 2002 Motionless Electromagnetic Generator - a replicated overunity EM generator Listed in Marquis' Who'sWho in America, 2004  The Tom Bearden Website        From: Tom Bearden To:  (Correspondent) Subj: Zero-Point Energy Date: Original Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:36:29 -0500  Modified and somewhat updated Dec. 29, 2000.\
Just prior to … of it, resulting.

Identity politics prevent a unified struggle against capitalism by rendering the exploitation of class as secondary, making capitalism appear invisible.
Holmstrom in 97 (Nancy, Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy at Rutgers, Renewing Historical Materialism, Solidarity,http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2198)

In fact, she suggests,...and validated, but abolished!

Capitalism requires a constant revolution of the instruments of production to allow for products to go everywhere. The affirmative facilitates this process by breaking down static conceptions of identity allowing capitalism to nestle itself in every corner for the world making the brutal systematic violence of capital invisible.
Zizek in 2k
(Slavoj, “The Fragile Absolute,” Page 11-16)

So where are -we,...this is ideology at its purest.
 
The naturalizing process of capitalism masks its role in ensuring subjugation on a global scale.  Our primary ethico-political responsibility is to challenge the organizing principles which found this system
Zizek and Daly in 4
 (Slavoj and Glyn, Conversations with Zizek pg. 14-16)

For Zizek it is.. that of a 'glitch' in an otherwise sound matrix.

Historical materialism is the best methodology for understanding and fighting capital- it recognizes that capitalism is not inevitable, overcomes the depoliticized nature of economics, and opens space for solidarity and human agency
Holmstrom in 97 (Nancy, Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy at Rutgers, Renewing Historical Materialism, Solidarity,http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2198)
Wood's interpretation of historical... human agencies." (78)

A- SKFTA will pass now-the GOP is on board, but hesitant
Abrams 9/8/11 Jim, AP,  Vote in US House could move stalled trade agenda, http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1700794 

A House of Representatives...the free trade agreements. 

B- Any increase in foreign assistance will be cause a contentious battle with the GOP
Sud 3/1/11, Inder (PhD from Stanford, worked in World Bank for 30 years, and advisor to policymakers and leaders around the world). “Framing the US Foreign Aid Budget Debate.” Results for Development Institute.http://www.resultsfordevelopment.org/about/newsandevents/expert-opinion-framing-us-foreign-aid-budget-debate

President Obama released...and a lost opportunity.

C- Political capital is key-Obama must push the trade deals through now to get the GOP and labor on board
Palmer 9/2/11 Doug, Journalist, Analysis: Obama's trade legacy in a crucible this fall, Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/02/us-usa-obama-trade-idUSTRE7814CZ20110902 

Still, Congress' approval of the South Korea...Peterson Institute for International Economics. 

D. Impacts

1. SKFTA key to US-South Korea alliance, regional stability, global free trade and hegemony
   Hiatt, Editor of the Washington Post editorial page editor, 10
   [Fred, Washington Post, 4-12-10, “Will the U.S. commit to free trade with South Korea?”, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR2010041102508.html, accessed 6-30-11]

In a world of dangerously ... in that regard, are timeless."

2. Asian instability triggers massive impacts – nuclear escalation, climate chaos, global agriculture, the economy, & causes prolif
Hamel-Green, Victory University Executive Dean,  & Hayes, Nautilus Institute Executive Director, 10
[Peter & Michael, 1-5-10, “The Path Not Taken, the Way Still Open: Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia”, 1-5-10,http://www.nautilus.org/publications/essays/napsnet/reports/10001HayesHamalGreen.pdf/view, accessed 7-1-11]

The consequences of failing to...the international community.