Sheboygan+North+KM+Neg

Sheboygan North KM – Negative – At-Large Team

LOST Good Initially note that Congress is set to approve ratification of the United Nations Convention: Law of the Sea Treaty—vote counts and committee support IPS 12-4 [Inter-Press Service. “Senate Committee Votes to Ratify Law of the Sea Treaty” 12-4-07 Lexis]\ Plan drains capital Carroll ‘1 [Terry. “Engagement or Marriage: The Case for an Expanded Military Medical Role in Africa” Army War College Strategy Report. 2001] Capital is key to passage—overcomes resentment Kraus ‘7 [Don. Vice President of Govt. Relations—Citizens for Global Solutions. “Time to Ratify the Law of the Sea” June 6. www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4286 ] Failure to ratify the Law of the Sea makes American aggression in the Arctic inevitable—force would be used to fend off potential adversaries King 10-22 [Neil. International Correspondent Specializing in Environmental Concerns. “”US Resistance Thaws” The Wall Street Journal. 10-22-07. Lexis] This makes Russian miscalculation over the arctic inevitable—the motherland is sensitive to resource-based concerns Eachus, 9-10 [Ron. Former Senator and Fellow @ Heritage Institute. “US Should Sign Treaty to Stake Claim in Arctic” Statesman Journal, 9-10. JSTOR] The terminal impact is extinction—US-Russian conflict would engulf the globe in nuclear war Kanter 99 [Arnold. Senior Fellow @ Forum for International Policy “A Deal with Russia on Arms Control?” The Boston Globe, 9-13-99]

CANADA COUNTERPLAN Canada Solves—world’s best at solving disease and stabilizing failed states Today’s Job ‘5 [Markets.com—Canadian Online Reference Magazine. www.customerservicecareers.com, Jan 05]

CHINA THREAT CONSTRUCTION The Link: their depiction of China as a threat is a discursive construct that doesn’t reflect objective reality. The thesis of a threatening Chinese rise is a falsehood designed to ratify Western power. Chengxin Pan, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Arts, at Deakin University, August 2004, Discourses Of ‘China’ In International Relations: A Study in Western Theory as (IR) Practice, p. 141-142 These representations make war inevitable Chengxin Pan, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Arts, at Deakin University, August 2004, Discourses Of ‘China’ In International Relations: A Study in Western Theory as (IR) Practice, p. 43-44 Vote negative, use the ballot to criticize their representations of China and abandon attempts to render China knowable and controllable. Chengxin Pan, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Arts, at Deakin University, August 2004, Discourses Of ‘China’ In International Relations: A Study in Western Theory as (IR) Practice, p. 259-260

EXCLUDE SUDAN First, aid to Sudan exacerbates conflict and makes genocide inevitable; assistance only widens the ethnic divide. Bell 99 [Pete. CEO of Care USA. “Concern for Sudan” Washington Post, Dec 99] Genocide turns the case Vetlesen 2k [Arne Johan. Prof of Philosophy @ U of Oslo. Journal of Peace Research, Vol 37. Lexis]