Observation One Inherency
The Syrian government is committing mass violence against their citizens. A UN fact-finding mission equates this type of violence to crimes against humanity.
Lisa Schlein
August 18, 2011
Voice of America News
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/UN-Investigators-Accuse-Syria-of-Possible-Crimes-Against-Humanity-128022188.html

A U.N. fact-finding mission on Syria says ... and were investigating alleged abuses.

Current democracy promotion throughout Syria fails to address the mass instances of torture and is ignoring the mass torture and killings due to a prioritization of Syria’s strategic and economic resources in the region which has facilitated global injustice.
Haugbolle, Professor of Arabic an`d Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Copenhagen, 08
(Sune, “Imprisonment, Truth Telling, and Cultural Memory in Syria,” Mediterranean Politics, 13.2, July 2008, BH)

At the height of political oppression in Syria ...extrajudicial imprisonment and torture.

These mass killings and torture that are some of the worst human rights violations ever documented by the Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch 11 (Syria: Crimes Against Humanity. Killings, Torture in a Locked-Down City Under Siege, HRW report, June 1, 2011http:www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/01/syria-crimes-against-humanity-daraa) 

(New York) - Systematic killings and torture by Syrian security ... of people seeking medical care.

Thus we my partner and I propose the following plan: 

The USFG bear witness to the Syrian acts of oppression through a formal statement presented by President Obama

Observation Two is the Impact- Crimes Against Humanity

Syria is an instance of the global injustice gap where the government prevents advancements in human rights, shields itself from criticism, and only makes progress when its politically convenient
Amnesty International, 2010 (“Global justice gap condemns millions to abuse”, May 27, http://blog.amnestyusa.org/women/global-justice-gap-condemns-millions-to-abuse/)

A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics ... hardship in North Korea and Myanmar

And, affirming the narrative of bearing witness, in Syria, is key to combat the current global injustice - it increases participation and spurs institutions to action

Kurasawa, Associate Professor of Sociology at York University, 07
(Fuyuki, The Work of Global Justice: Human Rights as Practices, p. 54-55, OG)

Nevertheless, I want to insist that ... limit to the work of bearing witness. 

Finally, spreading Global justice is key to universal moral equality and challenging state and solves the root causes of humanitarian crises and crimes against humanity.
Kurasawa, Associate Professor of Sociology at York University, 07
(Fuyuki, The Work of Global Justice: Human Rights as Practices, p. 3-4, OG)

If this is the case, then why bother with ...  model of the work of global justice. 

Crimes against humanity is a form of dehumanization which is the largest impact in this round, we must value each and every  human life, ignoring acts of violence will lead to the zero-point of the Holocaust. This means you must vote Affirmative in order to end the dehumanization of life. 

DILLON 99 (MICHAEL DILLON, UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER, “ANOTHER JUSTICE” POLITICAL THEORY VOL. 27, NO. 2, APRILL 1999, JSTOR)

Otherness is born(e) within the self ... constitutive of the human way of being.

Observation Three is Solvency 

Bearing witness is the most fundamental process to democracy
Birmingham,  DePaul University professor and chair of the philosophy department, 08
(Peg, “ Elated Citizenry: Deception and the Democratic task of Bearing Witness”, Research in phenomenology, Volume: 38, p.214) NM

Finally, and all too briefly ...  and appears to them because it is.

Assistance is moral support to political actors  
Carothers, vice-president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009 (Thomas, Journal of Democracy, " Democracy Assistance: Political vs. Developmental?", Volume 20, Number 1, January, database: muse) 

In this conception of democratization, ...  power of the nondemocratic actors. 

 Rhetorical assistance alone solves President’s statements are key to changing the global mindset.

Haas 7/7/11
(Lawrence J., Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the American Foreign Policy Council, “After the Arab Spring: The Future of U.S. Human Rights Promotion”, http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/stories.asp?pageid=49&id=2322

Totalitarianism and democracy are contagious ... was a difference between East and West.

Obama’s demand solves human rights abuses in Syria

FPI 11(Non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization, “FPI Fact Sheet: Five Steps to Hasten Assad’s Exit”, Foreign Policy Initiative, July 14, p. 4, http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/files/uploads/images/Factsheet%20-%20Syria%207-14.pdf) BJB

Unless President Obama ... people and hasten Assad's exit

Plan: The United States Federal Government should provide covert wireless internet access points to Syria.

Observation One is Inherency

In Syria, internet access is unreachable and more networks are being eliminated – security firms confirm

Browning, June 3, 2011 – Jonathan, For Bloomberg Businessweek ( Syrian Internet Networks Shut Down as Protests Intensify, June 3, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-06-03/syrian-internet-networks-shut-down-as-protests-intensify.html, MCL)

June 3 (Bloomberg) -- About two-thirds of …confiscated from opposition groups.

And Iran is aiding Syria – internet censorship is aimed at suppressing pro-democratic protests and sustaining the Assad regime.

Reuters April 15, 2011 – ( Iran said to help Syria track protesters' Web use, http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/idINIndia-56345220110414, MCL)

(Reuters) - There are signs Iran …the greatest challenge to his 11-year rule.

However, the Assad regime’s legitimacy is waning, – technological assistance via laptops and cell phones should be provided to the Syrian Opposition and provides a unique opportunity for the Obama administration

 (**Also includes warrants for elections, judicial/constitutional reform, etc)

Ziadeh June 8, 2011 - Radwan Ziadeh is a former Reagan-Fascell fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. (Democracies must support ‘the most liberal and Western-friendly’ of Arab Spring uprisings, Democracy Digest, http://www.demdigest.net/blog/2011/06/ democracies-must-support-the-most-liberal-and-western-friendly-of-arab-spring-uprisings MCL)

The democratic West has provided…friends who might someday become allies.

Don’t worry, the technology for networks exist now – internet in a suitcase, a State department project creates independent, ‘shadow’ networks – Afghanistan proves it catalyzes democratic peace and it is easy to deploy

Glanz and Markoff June 12, 2011 – James, Afghanistan expert and Baghdad bureau chief for NYT, John,  journalist best known for his work at The New York Times, and a book and series of articles about the 1990s pursuit and capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. ( U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors, June 12, 2011, NYT, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html? pagewanted=4&_r=1&hp, MCL)

The Obama administration is leading a … to their governments and to the world.”

Observation Two is Human Rights

Current democracy promotion throughout Syria fails to address the mass instances of torture and is ignoring the mass torture and killings due to a prioritization of Syria’s strategic and economic resources in the region which has facilitated global injustice. 
Haugbolle, Professor of Arabic an`d Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Copenhagen, 08
 (Sune, “Imprisonment, Truth Telling, and Cultural Memory in Syria,” Mediterranean Politics, 13.2, July 2008, BH)

At the height of political oppression in … abduction, extrajudicial imprisonment and torture.

These mass killings and torture that are some of the worst human rights violations ever documented by the Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch 11 (Syria: Crimes Against Humanity. Killings, Torture in a Locked-Down City Under Siege, HRW report, June 1, 2011http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/01/syria-crimes-against-humanity-daraa)

(New York) - Systematic killings and … detention of people seeking medical care.

And expanding internet access is critical to human rights – the new UN report declares it is under the UDHR

LA Times, June 3, 2011 – United Nations report: Internet Access is a human right, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/06/united-nations-report-internet-access-is-a-human-right.html, MCL

"Given that the Internet has become …widely available, accessible and affordable to all.

Institutionalizing a human rights protectionism mechanism sends signals globally in favor of human rights protection and decreases the risk of miscalc and war

Burke-White 4 – Lecturer in Public and International Affairs and Senior Special Assistant to the Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (William W., Spring, “U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Human Rights and National Security: The Strategic Correlation”, 17 Harv. Hum. Rts. J. 249, Lexis Law)

A foreign policy which accounts for …  human capital necessary for aggressive war. ⁿ¹²²

Without human rights there is dehumanization which is the largest impact in this round, we must value each and every  human life, ignoring acts of violence will lead to the zero-point of the Holocaust. This means you must vote Affirmative in order to end the dehumanization of life.

DILLON 99 (MICHAEL DILLON, UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER, “ANOTHER JUSTICE” POLITICAL THEORY VOL. 27, NO. 2, APRILL 1999, JSTOR)

Otherness is born(e) within the … lack constitutive of the human way of being.

Observation Three is Solvency

Current US foreign policy for Syria is unsuccessful – sanctions fail to alter decision making

CNN, May 19, 2011 – ( Obama to al-Assad: Embrace democracy or 'get out of the way’, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-19/world/syria.unrest_1_syrian-state-television-syrian-people-al-assad?_s=PM:WORLD, MCL)

Army vehicles retreat from Daraa on … the completion of comprehensive reform."

Internet access is key to human rights leadership

Katz may 13, 2011 – Jonathan (Associated Press,  Amnesty: US must support greater Internet freedom to support Middle Eastern revolts, http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/amnesty-us-must-support-greater-internet-freedom-to-support-middle-eastern-revolts.html, MCL)

The United States should promote …Amnesty' International USA's New York headquarters.

Access to digital social media tools is a prerequisite to democracy – plan is a crucial first step.

Mari July 4, 2011 – Will, first year PhD in University of Washington’s Department of Education and studies journalism and technology history (Finding the ‘recipe’ for digital democracy in the Middle East, Geek wire, July 4, 2011, http://www.geekwire.com/2011/recipe-digital-democracy-middle-east, MCL

As Americans celebrate their revolutionary … good information-society structures,” he says.