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Africa is the newest arena for ameircan expansion of power Lee, 11/19/07 the nation “with little scrutiny from democrats….25 percent by 2015” Heg denies Africa a voice, Chesterman, 97 melbourne journal of politics “today confronted by the hope and terror…..are no foreigners” Security is a justification for intervening and control Africa guarantees an endless cycle of wars to keep secure Agamben 01 theory and event “today we are facing an extreme….control them once they occur” Assistance is tool of the powerful to control Africa Hudson, 03 super imperialism “u.s. aid strategy thus has been…regimes of brazil and Ghana” Locals can solve nay African problems – aid crowds out locals Brea, 7/3/07 [|american.com] “Kenyan economist james shikwati….scientists or enterprenuers” Refusing pha: leaders accept responsibility for taking care of the African people Africa focus, 7/17/06 [|africafocus.org] “in this report we show that almost half….experiencing poverty first hand”

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Africa is the new world ot conquer, imperial powers race to see who can give more assistance to africa. It is being politicized in the Mid East now for secutiry reasons. Lee, 11-19-07, The Nation p. 3

Hege is just another way of denying the African voice – notions that the west is best destroys agency. Simon Chesterman, Senior Associate at the Inernational Peace Academy, Melbourne Journal of Politics, Vol 24

America simply views Africa as the doorstep to world domination – rebuilding the image of the dying empire by benevolent assistance to the helpless third world. Zizek 2k5, “Violence, Irrational and Rational”, lacan.com/zizfrance.htm

The aff’s reslentless quest for improving US image continuously denies Africans a voice. The aff brings back the proxy wars of the cold war. Simon Chesterman, Senior Associate at the Inernational Peace Academy, Melbourne Journal of Politics, Vol 24

The hidden purpose of the plan is the protection of US security interests. They claim moral highground from providing water to people dying o thirsts, but the plan will jus tbecome another tool for protecting US security interests. Agamben, //Security and Terror//, Theory and Even, Vol 5, Issue 1

The operation is supposed to intervene and remove the problem. The aff cannot recognize the true problem as being the plan and will soon identify the problem as those “diseased” Bernauer, 90

The inevitable nature of public health ensures that Africans never have a voice and they continue to be dominated by foreign powers. Only when the int’l community stop the asstiance can Africans decolonize their minds. African Focus, July 2k6, [|www.Africafocus.org/docs06/aid0607a.php]

African nations have the full capacity to confront their own problems. Cleaning water is not that hard- anyone can do it. Not a single US assistance program has been overall beneficial to the Africans. There is no risk of tied aid or colonialism in the world of the alternative – only a risk of puvlic health assistance that actually assists the health of the African public. Brea, Freelance Writer, 7-3-07, www.american.com

=African Inflation DA= //“Buyer Beware DA”// Uniqueness – Africa has growth without inflation now. Spadavecchia, 11-5-07, Olivia engineering news, [|www.engineeringnews.co.za] “Sub-saharan Africa, a region that is experiencing its strongest growth and lowest inflation…”

Link- Increasing foreign investment in healthcare will force an increase across the board and depress private sector investment. Undermines econ. Laurie Garrett, 2007, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 07, foreignaffairs.org “Some analysts, meanwhile, insist that massive infusions of foreign cash…”

Aid undercuts work effort and leads to miscalculation of resources. The neg effect is a drag on growth. Tomi Ovaska, 2k5, Cato Journal, Vol 23, No 2. “This study examined the effect of development aid on economic growth…”

Slow Growth will collapse African nations and trigger armed conflict Jeffrey Sachs, 2k1, “The Strategic Significance of Global Inequality”- Washington Quarterly 24.3, 187-198, project muse

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