Human Rights/Queerness 1AC

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• Plan: The United States federal government should provide “Internet in a Suitcase” for Syria.

  Contention One is Inherency:

  First, Syrian authorities have restored internet to the country for now, but have proven willing to turn it off at anytime to thwart dissidents

  Rock 2011
  (Margaret, writer for Mobiledia, “Syrian Internet Restored” July 8th, 2011 http://www.mobiledia.com/news/92590.html) MattG

  Syrian authorities restored …and Internet censorship.

  And, restoring internet was not a benign action – Syria opened the internet in order to catalogue, track, and eliminate political opposition.
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  These new … and activities on these sites.48

  And, the U.S. internet freedom agenda is not keeping up with advances by governments to repress electronic communication
  Dale and Zuckerman in 2011
  (Helle C., Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, and Jessica, Research Assistance in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, “UAE Ahead of All Arab states in ICT Use”, http://www.i-policy.org/2011/06/page/2/, rcheek)

  More than 2 billion people … Rights Report to Congress.

  Contention Two is Queerness

  First, Public Media is under constant surveillance and the regime uses its ability to surveil the internet to track, hunt, blackmail, and murder gays due to homophobic tendencies.
  Hamwi 2011
  (Sami Hamwi - Syria Editor at Gay Middle East, “In Syria, "anti-regime gay people" are being "hunted" August 10th, 2011) http://sdgln.com/news/2011/08/10/syria-anti-regime-gay-people-are-being-hunted)MattG

  It has been very dangerous to … it might happen in Syria.

  And, LGBT individuals are discouraged from gathering in person because they are subjected to discriminatory violence and scapegoating – the only avenue left is internet freedom.  However, the Syrian Electronic Army patrols the internet searching for LGBT members– this sustains heteronormativity and prevents queerness in the revolution.
  Canning 2011 (Paul, LBGT Asylum News, May 10st 2011, “Gay reporters/bloggers face danger as Syrian crackdown intensifies” http://sdgln.com/news/2011/05/10/gay-reportersbloggers-face-danger-syrian-crackdown-intensifies) MattG

  DAMASCUS, Syria  Gay Middle … Right now, it is grim.

  And, heteronormativity is a powerful form of normalization which is the site of all violence.
  Yep et al in 2003
  (Gust, Karen Lovass, and John Elia, Professors @ San Francisco University, Journal of Homosexual Studies, Vol. 45, No. 2/3/4 _{pp. 18)}

  In this passage, Simmons vividly …, and oppression of sexual others.

  Contention Three is Human Rights

  First, despite protests from the international community, Syria continues to slaughter its citizens on the streets – this represents an atrocious human rights violation
  Black and Ali in 2011
  (Ian Black, Nour Ali, Reporters for the Guardian, “Syria protests: Troops renew attacks on pro-democracy demonstrators,” Guardian.co.uk, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/09/syria-protest-troops-attack-democracy-demonstrators, RRS.)

  Syrian security forces were … acting out a foreign conspiracy. 

  And, the Assad Regime arrests, shoots, tortures and murders its population – more than 1,800 have died and continue to suffer
  Posner and Feltman, 2011
  (Michael H, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Jeffrey D, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2011/07/20110728150216su0.6190084.html#axzz1Ukoh04Dz; MattG) 

  President Asad and his … neck and chest wounds.

  And, one Syrian disappears every hour
  Al-Assad 11
  (Bashar, Journalist on Middle Eastern Affairs, 7/28/11, “One Syrian disappears every hour, says NGO”, http://www.france24.com/en/20110728-syria-disappears-uprising-crackdown-assad-avaaz-ngo, Dil)

  Almost 3,000 people …disappearing every hour.

  And, not all die – most are captured and tortured in gruesome manners – however, they haven’t given up hope, the resistance is more determined than ever
  Woodruff 2011
  (Judy, PBS News Report Transcript, Inside Syria, Electricity and Internet Are Lifeblood for Activists, August 9th 2011 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec11/syria_08-09.html) MattG

  HUGH MACLEOD: Omar's love …not a regime. It's a gang.

  And, structural violence outweighs and lies at the root cause of all other impacts
  Gilligan in 1996
  [James, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical and Director of the Center for the Study of Violence “Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and Its Causes,” p191-196]

  The 14 to 18 million deaths a … related to each other, as cause to effect.

  First, “Internet in a Suitcase” has been developed but still needs to be deployed. Plan is key to Internet freedom and democratization in Syria
  Glanz and Markoff in 2011
  (James, Baghdad bureau chief of The New York Times, and John, journalist, “U.S. underwrites Internet detour around censors”, New York Times, June 12, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html?pagewanted=all, rcheek)

  The Obama administration is … communicate,” Mr. Meinrath added.

  And, Internet freedom is crucial to expanding human rights into cyber-space – this enables us to effectively promote democracy and enable civilian populations to overthrow autocrats
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  Internet Freedom and …, this bet is one worth making. 

  And, access to the internet and the ability to organize on it is THE internal link to successful revolution
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  The Internet’s potential … observers around the world. 

  And, despite brutal oppression, the resistance remains strong – they just need international support to win the civil war.  The plan provides a tested and proven way of doing that
  Posner and Feltman, 2011
  (Michael H, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Jeffrey D, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2011/07/20110728150216su0.6190084.html#axzz1Ukoh04Dz; MattG) 

  But in spite of … about the need to change course.

  U.S. State Department Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues is normal means
  Clinton in 2011
  (Hillary, Secretary of State, “Remarks on the Release of President Obama Administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace”, May 16, http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/05/163523.htm, rcheek)

  So the strategy identifies …to promote these broad goals.

  
  
  

Orientalist Rhetoric 1AC

• Tournament: Gonzaga | Round: Octos | Opponent: Cal GW | Judge: Pointer, Allen, Hardy
  
  
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• Contention One is our artifact:

  First, an Orientalist meta-narrative governs U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa in the status quo. Traditional affirmation is a legitimization of both neoliberal and neoconservative fantasies to control the outcome of the uprisings and revolutions in the topic countries

  Marmot in 2011
  (Angry, intelligent blogger, “Orientalism, Modernity & the Arab Spring”, Eyes on Egypt and the Region, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/07/963252/-Orientalism,-Modernitythe-Arab-Spring)

  If there is a single book which I …, applied and guarded" (2003: 328.) 

  And, “Arab Spring” rhetoric has its roots in Eurocentric discourse. William Shakespeare provided the seasonal master metaphors that were borrowed and applied to the People’s Springtime of European revolutions starting in the 19th century.

  Zimmer in 2011
  (Ben, executive producer of the Visual Thesaurus and editor of the online magazine and he has worked as editor for American dictionaries at Oxford University Press and as a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary, “The "Arab Spring" Has Sprung”, http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2855/, rcheek)

  Yesterday, President Obama … confidant, a wealthy businessman (Melvyn Douglas).

  And, the term “Arab Spring” was employed after September 11th to describe the end-goal of U.S. military intervention in the Middle East for the purpose of creating pro-American regimes

  Packer in 2003
  (George, American journalist, novelist and playwright, “Dreaming of Democracy”, New York Times Magazine, March 02, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/magazine/dreaming-of-democracy.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm, rcheek)

  The idea is sometimes referred … beginning and end of that sentence.''

  And, the rhetoric of the “Arab Spring” as a hope for democratization in the Middle East was eventually internalized by the non-Western media

  Ibrahim in 2005
  (Saad Eddin, an Egyptian pro-democracy and peace activist, is a Professor at the American University in Cairo and heads the Ibn Khaldun Center, “Democracy on the Nile?”, http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ibrahim4/English, rcheek)

  The surprise decision by Egyptian … freedom, one long overdue.

  And, while avoiding the Arab Spring metaphor, George W. Bush called for outright revolt in the Middle East against those that stand in the way of democratization of the region. Here, the Orientalist meta-narrative separates the good, pro-democratic Muslims from the bad anti-Western “terrorists” and “authoritarians”

  Bush in 2008
  (George W., former President of the United States, “President Bush Attends World Economic Forum”, May 18th, http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/05/20080518-6.html, rcheek)

  Freedom is also the basis …with hope in the future.

  And, in his now famous “Arab Spring” speech, Obama continues to promote the Orientalist meta-narrative through stark contrast of the modernization and progressive Western world of democracy versus the backwards and authoritarian Middle East and North Africa.

  Obama in 2011
  (Barak, President of the United States, “A Moment of Opportunity”, http://www.therightscoop.com/watch-obamas-speech-on-the-arab-spring/, rcheek)

  The story of this Revolution, … change cannot be denied.

  Contention two is our theory:

  First, Orientalist rhetoric constructs an Arab/Islamic Other that legitimizes U.S. imperial policy

  Cherkaoui in 2010
  (Tarek Cherkaoui  has a Masters degree in international relations and is currently studying a Phd in Communication Studies at AUT University, “ORIENTALISM. PAN-ARABISM. AND MILITARY-MEDIA WARFARE: A COMPARISON BETWEEN CXX AND ALJAZEERA COVERAGE OF THE IRAQ WAR”, pg. 100, Jikeda)

  Another example of 1990s Orientalist … bombings of September 2001. 

  And, U.S. democracy assistance is a tool of U.S. imperialism

  Yom in 2008
  (Sean, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University, “The Dilemmas of American Democracy Promotion in the Arab World”, Yale Journal of International Affairs | Volume 3, Issue 1: Winter 2008, pg. 132-133, Jikeda)

  Yet the resilience of Arab authoritarianism … interests and military demands.7 

  And, Orientalism is a function of intellectual domination over the Other. Non-westerners are dehumanized in a strategy of commodification of the Other.

  Shome in 1996
  (Raka, Visiting Scholar in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department @ New York University, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”, Communication Theory, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 40-59, rcheek)

  For Said (1978), Orientalism is a … be made manageable. 

  And, that makes extinction inevitable

  Said in 2003
  (Edward, former Professor of English and Comparative Literature @ Columbia University, “An Unacceptable Helplessness”, http://www.counterpunch.org/said01182003.html, rcheek)

  In this entire panorama of desolation, …? I hope someone is listening.

  Our advocacy:

  Vote affirmative to embrace our rhetorical criticism of the Orientalist meta-narrative as a prerequisite to topical action.

  Contention Three is our Method:

  First, we must challenge the neocolonial assumptions within our discipline to open spaces for marginalized voices

  Shome in 1996
  (Raka, Visiting Scholar in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department @ New York University, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”, Communication Theory, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 40-59, rcheek)

  The solution, however, is … racist circumstances of our present time.

  And, Imperialism operates discursively and subtly. Our task as rhetorical critics is to examine the rhetorical strategies through which neocolonialism establishes its hegemony

  Shome in 1996
  (Raka, Visiting Scholar in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department @ New York University, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”, Communication Theory, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 40-59, rcheek)

  A promising collusion … in as well as contribute to.

  And, our aff is key to reversing the Eurocentric intellectual domination of the status quo

  Shome in 1996
  (Raka, Visiting Scholar in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department @ New York University, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”, Communication Theory, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 40-59, rcheek)

  So far. I have presented a theoretical … Eurocentric intellectual domination.

  And, Rhetorical criticism of Orientalist discourse is critical to open up spaces for resistance

  Shome in 1996
  (Raka, Visiting Scholar in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department @ New York University, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”, Communication Theory, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 40-59, rcheek)

  Second, the postcolonial critique … in the present historical and social conditions.

  Finally, refusal to critique the rhetoric of Orientalism makes racism and neocolonialism inevitable

  Shome in 1996
  (Raka, Visiting Scholar in the Social and Cultural Analysis Department @ New York University, “Postcolonial Interventions in the Rhetorical Canon: An “Other” View”, Communication Theory, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 40-59, rcheek)

  In recent times, the discipline of … of departure for all critical understanding” (Dirlik, 1990, p. 395). 

  
  
  

Internet Queerness 1AC

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• Plan: The United States Federal Government should provide open internet for Syria. Funding and enforcement through normal means.

  Contention One is Inherency:

  First, Syrian authorities have restored internet to the country for now, but have proven willing to turn it off at anytime to thwart dissidents

  Rock 2011
  (Margaret, writer for Mobiledia, “Syrian Internet Restored” July 8th, 2011 http://www.mobiledia.com/news/92590.html) MattG

  Syrian authorities restored …oppression and Internet censorship.

  And, restoring internet was not a benign action – Syria opened the internet in order to catalogue, track, and eliminate political opposition.
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  These new technologies … activities on these sites.48

  And, the U.S. internet freedom agenda is not keeping up with advances by governments to repress electronic communication
  Dale and Zuckerman in 2011
  (Helle C., Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, and Jessica, Research Assistance in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, “UAE Ahead of All Arab states in ICT Use”, http://www.i-policy.org/2011/06/page/2/, rcheek)

  More than 2 billion people … Human Rights Report to Congress.

  Contention Two – Queerness

  First, Public Media is under constant surveillance and the regime uses its ability to surveil the internet to track, hunt, blackmail, and murder gay Syrians.
  Hamwi 2011
  (Sami Hamwi - Syria Editor at Gay Middle East, “In Syria, "anti-regime gay people" are being "hunted" August 10th, 2011) http://sdgln.com/news/2011/08/10/syria-anti-regime-gay-people-are-being-hunted)MattG

  It has been very dangerous to … it might happen in Syria.

  And, LGBT individuals are discouraged from gathering in person because they are subjected to discriminatory violence and scapegoating – the only avenue left is internet freedom.  However, the Syrian Electronic Army patrols the internet searching for LGBT members– this sustains heteronormativity and prevents queerness in the revolution.
  Canning 2011 (Paul, LBGT Asylum News, May 10st 2011, “Gay reporters/bloggers face danger as Syrian crackdown intensifies” http://sdgln.com/news/2011/05/10/gay-reportersbloggers-face-danger-syrian-crackdown-intensifies) MattG

  DAMASCUS, Syria  Gay Middle East's … Amina and Sami is as they hope. Right now, it is grim.

  Internet and mobile phone freedoms are crucial to the success of queer movements in extra-national environments. Queering the revolution breaks down sexual and geopolitical boundaries that cement conceptions of “Queers” and “Arabs”
  Moawad and Qiblaw in 2011
  (Nadine, active with gender and tech initiatives and has co-founded Nasawiya feminist collective in Beirut, Lebanon, and Tamara, journalist who writes about socioeconomic issues and is working on starting up a gender resource center at Nasawiya in Beirut, Lebanon, “Who’s afraid of the big bad internet?”, EROTICS: Sex, rights, and the internet, http://www.genderit.org/sites/default/upload/erotics_finalresearch_apcwnsp.pdf#page=109, rcheek)

  During our preliminary … queer women’s movement.

  Independently, these misconceptions of the “arab” world make war and violence inevitable
  Marrouchi in 1998
  (Mustapha, professor of postcolonial literature at LSU, “Counternarratives, Recoveries, Refusals,” boundary 2, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 205-257)

  At the most basic level, … silence would certainly be one.

  The internet creates a space to challenge oppression and oppose heteronormative power structures. Regulation and censorship threaten to undermine the liberatory potential of cyberspace. The aff is a key site of contestation and struggle for democratic participation.
  Kee in 2011
  (Jac Sm, EROTICS editor and coordinator, “Emerging threads and common gaps: A synthesis”, http://www.genderit.org/sites/default/upload/erotics_finalresearch_apcwnsp.pdf#page=109, rcheek)
  What is the value of the … familiarity and politicisation.

  An open internet is a critical space for the proliferation of multiple discourses that can act to challenge and rupture heteronormativity
  Kee in 2011
  (Jac Sm, EROTICS editor and coordinator, “Emerging threads and common gaps: A synthesis”, http://www.genderit.org/sites/default/upload/erotics_finalresearch_apcwnsp.pdf#page=109, rcheek)

  Examining the issue … of sexual rights.

  And, heteronormativity is a powerful form of normalization which is the site of all violence.
  Yep et al in 2003
  (Gust, Karen Lovass, and John Elia, Professors @ San Francisco University, Journal of Homosexual Studies, Vol. 45, No. 2/3/4 _{pp. 18)}

  In this passage, Simmons … and oppression of sexual others.

  Contention Three is Solvency –
  First, shadow internet devices have been developed but still need to be deployed. Plan is key to Internet freedom in Syria
  Glanz and Markoff in 2011
  (James, Baghdad bureau chief of The New York Times, and John, journalist, “U.S. underwrites Internet detour around censors”, New York Times, June 12, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html?pagewanted=all, rcheek)

  The Obama administration is … communicate,” Mr. Meinrath added.

  And, we must act now- recent scandal over the “Gay Girl in Damascus” highlights the need for enabling authentic queer Syrian voices in cyberspace. We cannot separate the demand for a freer internet from queer activism in the “Arab Spring” – doing so ensures the failure of both

  Moawad and Qiblaw in 2011
  (Nadine, active with gender and tech initiatives and has co-founded Nasawiya feminist collective in Beirut, Lebanon, and Tamara, journalist who writes about socioeconomic issues and is working on starting up a gender resource center at Nasawiya in Beirut, Lebanon, “Who’s afraid of the big bad internet?”, EROTICS: Sex, rights, and the internet, http://www.genderit.org/sites/default/upload/erotics_finalresearch_apcwnsp.pdf#page=109, rcheek)

  Towards the final stages … rise of the Arab Spring. 

  And, action in Syria is uniquely key – it’s critical to break through the geopolitical influences that sustain internet censorship in the region
  Moawad and Qiblaw in 2011
  (Nadine, active with gender and tech initiatives and has co-founded Nasawiya feminist collective in Beirut, Lebanon, and Tamara, journalist who writes about socioeconomic issues and is working on starting up a gender resource center at Nasawiya in Beirut, Lebanon, “Who’s afraid of the big bad internet?”, EROTICS: Sex, rights, and the internet, http://www.genderit.org/sites/default/upload/erotics_finalresearch_apcwnsp.pdf#page=109, rcheek)

  The Lebanese advantage strongly … most relevant to our research topic.

  Finally, our affirmative spills over into a rights based approach to internet freedom. Inclusion of sexuality in the debate enables social justice and queer activism that can overcome the criminalization and discrimination of status quo content regulation.
  Kee in 2011
  (Jac Sm, EROTICS editor and coordinator, “Emerging threads and common gaps: A synthesis”, http://www.genderit.org/sites/default/upload/erotics_finalresearch_apcwnsp.pdf#page=109, rcheek) 

  This chapter provides only a …, and  affirming of equality.

  And, U.S. State Department Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues is normal means
  Clinton in 2011
  (Hillary, Secretary of State, “Remarks on the Release of President Obama Administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace”, May 16, http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/05/163523.htm, rcheek)

  So the strategy identifies seven … to promote these broad goals.

  
  
  

Regime Change 1AC

• Tournament: Gonzaga | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
  
  
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• Plan: The United States federal government should provide “Internet in a Suitcase” for Syria.

  Contention One is Inherency:

  First, Syrian authorities have restored internet to the country for now, but have proven willing to turn it off at anytime to thwart dissidents
  Rock 2011
  (Margaret, writer for Mobiledia, “Syrian Internet Restored” July 8th, 2011 http://www.mobiledia.com/news/92590.html) MattG

  Syrian authorities restored … oppression and Internet censorship.

  And, restoring internet was not a benign action – Syria opened the internet in order to catalogue, track, and eliminate political opposition.
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  These new technologies clearly … people and activities on these sites.48

  And, the U.S. internet freedom agenda is not keeping up with advances by governments to repress electronic communication
  Dale and Zuckerman in 2011
  (Helle C., Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, and Jessica, Research Assistance in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, “UAE Ahead of All Arab states in ICT Use”, http://www.i-policy.org/2011/06/page/2/, rcheek)

  More than 2 billion people worldwide … Human Rights Report to Congress.

  Contention Two is Syria-Iran Relations:

  Syrian citizens are ready for a new regime – demonstrations prove – they just need a final push
  Boms in 2007
  (Nir Boms, Special to the Washington imes, September 27, 2007, Washington Times, “Defiance in Damascus; Syrians May Be Ready for Change”, LN) Berlin

  In a rare and daring sign … may yet be surprised again.

  And, the leaders of the Syrian and Iranian regimes recently met and deepened ties – only a restructuring of the way Syria approaches Tehran can sever relations
  Assad, 2011
  (Ribal Al Assad, Director of the Organisation for Democracy and Freedom in Syria A free and democratic Syria is the best way to undermine Iran. http://www.odf-syria.org/news/articles/odfs-director-ribal-alassad-writes-for-conservative-home-a-free-and-democratic-syria-is-the-best-way-to-undermine-iran)  Ginga Ninja

  Syria qualifies as an afterthought … Middle East and vital for global security.  

  And, a successful revolution means Syria severs its relations with Iran and Hamas – even if he stays in power, Assad will be forced to distance himself in order to survive.
  Ignatius 2011
  (David Ignatius -  April 29, 2011 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/syrias-turmoil-shakes-iran-and-hamas/2011/03/04/AFXBunDF_blog.html) Ginga Ninja

  The turmoil in Syria … hostile to Iran.

  Scenario One is the Samson Option

  Despite pressure, Syria and Iran have only deepened ties – relations provide Hezbollah and Hamas with weapons and increase likelihood of a terrorist strike on Israel.
  Fulton, Frasco, and Farrar-Wellman 2011
  (William, research Analyst for the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, Robert, Iranian Missile Crisis- Hypothetical Crisis Committee , Ariel, contributing author to the AEI Critical Threats Project, “Syria-Iran Foreign Relations” http://www.irantracker.org/foreign-relations/syria-iran-foreign-relations)MattG

  With the absence of … on anti-regime protesters.[5]

  That triggers the Samson Option – causes global nuclear escalation – national retaliation goes global
  Morgan in 2009
  (Dennis Ray, Professor of Foreign Studies at Hankuk University, December, “World on fire: two scenarios of the destruction of human civilization and possible extinction of the human race” Futures, Vol 41 Issue 10, p 683-693, ScienceDirect) MattG

  In a remarkable website on … and fragile ecosphere as well.

  Scenario Two is Iranian Proliferation – 

  Syria provides Iran with a cover to complete its nuclear program
  Fulton, Frasco, and Farrar-Wellman 2011
  (William, research Analyst for the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, Robert, Iranian Missile Crisis- Hypothetical Crisis Committee , Ariel, contributing author to the AEI Critical Threats Project, “Syria-Iran Foreign Relations” http://www.irantracker.org/foreign-relations/syria-iran-foreign-relations)MattG

  Syrian officials have consistently … to think that the link exists.”[13]

  Iranian proliferation causes global hyper-proliferation – impact is extinction
  Krauthammer 2006,
  Commonwealth Scholar at Oxford, ‘6 (Charles, March 26, “Today Tehran, Tomorrow the World” http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1176995,00.html)MattG

  Depending on your own beliefs, … no serious impediment.

  Warhead capability is likely in 2 years – Iran nuclear capability causes Middle East nuclear arms race, nuclear terrorism and blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
  Heritage Foundation, 4-5-’11
  (Special Report on National Security and Defense, “A Strong National Defense: The Armed Forces America Needs and What They Will Cost” http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/04/a-strong-national-defense-the-armed-forces-america-needs-and-what-they-will-cost)

  The regime in Iran poses … Turkey and the Gulf states.

  Iranian attack on the Strait of Hormuz causes skyrocketing oil prices and collapses the global economy
  Khan 2010 (Sabahat, , Institute of Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, January, “Iranian Mining of the Strait of Hormuz – Plausibility and Key Considerations” INEGMA Special Report No 4)

  Unless it was militarily … of international public attention.

  Oil spike causes nuclear great power war
  McKillop 2004 (, Founder of International Association of Energy Economists, October 10, “Energy Transition And Final Energy Crisis” Oil and Gas Journal, http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=23067)

  Geopolitical risk: In the mid-… through military invasion, as in Iraq.

  Contention Three is Solvency

  First, “Internet in a Suitcase” has been developed but still needs to be deployed. Plan is key to Internet freedom and democratization in Syria
  Glanz and Markoff in 2011
  (James, Baghdad bureau chief of The New York Times, and John, journalist, “U.S. underwrites Internet detour around censors”, New York Times, June 12, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html?pagewanted=all, rcheek)

  The Obama administration … communicate,” Mr. Meinrath added.

  And, Internet freedom is crucial to expanding human rights into cyber-space – this enables us to effectively promote democracy and enable civilian populations to overthrow autocrats
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  Internet Freedom and U.S. … bet is one worth making. 

  And, access to the internet and the ability to organize on it is THE internal link to successful revolution
  Fontaine and Rogers 2011
  (Richard Fontaine is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, Will Rogers is a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Internet Freedom – A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital Age” http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_InternetFreedom_FontaineRogers_0.pdf) MattG

  The Internet’s potential as … and observers around the world. 

  And, despite brutal oppression, the resistance remains strong – they just need international support to win the civil war.  The plan provides a tested and proven way of doing that
  Posner and Feltman, 2011
  (Michael H, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Jeffrey D, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2011/07/20110728150216su0.6190084.html#axzz1Ukoh04Dz; MattG) 

  But in spite of this intense …need to change course.

  U.S. State Department Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues is normal means
  Clinton in 2011
  (Hillary, Secretary of State, “Remarks on the Release of President Obama Administration’s International Strategy for Cyberspace”, May 16, http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/05/163523.htm, rcheek)

  So the strategy identifies seven … promote these broad goals.

  
  
  

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