Bellarmine+DR+-+Georgi+Dimitrov+&+Carl+Rice+neg

TOC Round 1 - v. Sheboygan North
SKFTA Bad Capitalism Bad Peace Process Good - Dip Cap DA

Pakistan Tradeoff DA
Uniqueness – Current US aid to Pakistan which ensures stability is on the chopping block APP 1/30 (Associated Press of Pakistan, “Top official defends US assistance for Pakistan”, [|http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27548&Itemid=2)]

And, Musharaff’s recent shenanigans make Pakistan first on the list for budget cuts Ferziger 11/4 (Staff Reporter at Bloomberg “Rice says US will review Pakistan financial aid” Bloomberg)

B. Link – earmarked aid to Africa crowds out South East Asian Aid programs. Morrison and Weiner 2k (Research analyst: Senior fellow and director of US policy program, Overseas Development Council, “Declining Aid; Spending Harms US interests” ODC Policy Paper)

C. Internal Link – US aid to Pakistan is needed RIGHT NOW to combat brewing instability and terrorism CURTIS, Senior Research Fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation,.12/28/07 [Lisa, “Pakistan: Bhutto Assassination Underscores Need for Political Reconciliation, http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm1761.cfm]

D. Impact - Instability in Pakistan ensures nuclear Armageddon Greenberg 1/2 [Paul, “The World in Which We Live,” http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/PaulGreenberg/2008/01/02/the_world_in_which_we_live] The South Korea Free Trade Agreement won’t pass now because of political opposition [specific link] And concessions to Democrats are crucial to KORUS passage Yonhap 2007 [“Rocky road ahead: US Congressional opposition might scuttle FTA with Korea, 7/1] China would perceive the KORUS FTA as a US effort at containment Dominguez 2007 [Kenneth, Bachelor Suma Cum Laude in International Studies at the Central University of Venezuela, Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Madrid, “The geopolitical meaning of the free trade agreement between Washington and Seoul,” 4/3] Perception of containment ensures Asian, proliferation, arms races, conflict Perry 1995 [William, Former Secretary of Defense, “U.S. Strategy: Engage China, Not Contain It,” 10/30] Extinction Landy 2K [Jonathon, National Security and International Correspondent, Knight Ridder, 3/10] A. THE 1AC’S DESIRE TO INTERVENE INTO THE PROBLEMS OF AFRICA ARE PART OF THE EMERGING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC ETHIC OF HUMANITARIAN AID, AN OPIATE THAT CONCEALS THE DESIRE TO PREY ON AFRICA TO BOLSTER OUR CAPITALIST SYSTEM. THIS MASKS OUR COMPLICITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE THROUGH CAPITALISM – THEIR PLAN IS A SHORT-TERM BAND-AID SOLUTION AT BEST ZIZEK, Prof. Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, 2006 [Slavoj, “Nobody has to be vile,” April 6 [|www.lacan.com/zizvile.htm]] B. THIS TURNS AND OUTWEIGHS THE CASE – THE INHERENTLY CALCULATIVE LOGIC OF CAPITALISM DOOMS AFRICA TO PERPETUAL DISEASE AND POVERTY WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKING HUMAN EXTINCTION INEVITABLE COOK, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Windsor, 2006 [Deborah, “Staying Alive: Adorno and Habermas on Self-Preservation under Late Capitalism,” Rethinking Marxism 18(3)] C. OUR ALTERNATIVE IS TO ABANDON OUR BELIEF IN AND WITHDRAW FROM CAPITALISM – THE SYSTEM ONLY EXISTS SO LONG AS WE PROMOTE IT. EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE IS AS SIMPLE AS A REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE HEROD, James, Faculty at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2004 http://www.umb.edu/faculty/salzman_g/Strate/GetFre/index.htm Text: The People’s Republic of China should… China has a longstanding history of successful health diplomacy with Africa Van De Looy 06 African Studies Centre in Leiden- 2006 (July-Sep, Judith “Africa and China: A strategic partnership?” [|http://www.idsa.in/publications/strategic-analysis/2006/jul-sep06/JudithLooy090107.pdf)] Text: … The US should withhold aid to Zimbabwe – its efficacy is coopted by the Mugabe regime Schaefer 2007 [Brett D., Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, The Heritage Foundation, “The Crisis in Zimbabwe: How the US Should Respond,” March 23]
 * SKFTA Politics**
 * __ Field 1/7 __** [Alan, “Politics trumps trade; Multilateral and bilateral trade agreements will continue to languish,” Journal of Commerce, 2008]
 * Cap K**
 * China CP**
 * Exclude Zimbabwe CP**