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-The 1AC is an example of intellectual arrogance. Framing our international presence as being one of destructive violent imperialism compromises the moral force of hegemony. The US has an obligation to secure less stable nations; it’s the only way to ensure global safety. Hanson |
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-The Affirmative’s criticism of American policy is dangerous – it contributes to isolationism and the eventual collapse of U.S. primacy Kagan |
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-Those contributing to … next American humbling. |
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-The alternative is to vote negative to align yourself with American hegemony the rhetoric of support is critical to preserving international stability. Kristol and Kagan |
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-TWENTY YEARS later, … and moral confidence. |
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- Hanson 03 (Victor Davis, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Professor Emeritus at California University, Fresno, Ph.D. from Stanford, “We Could Still Lose.” National Review Online. August 11. http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/3050721.html.) |
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- Robert Kagan, senior associate at the CE for International Peace and PhD in American History from American University, 1998, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=275, “The Benevolent Empire” |
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- Kristol and Kagan, 96 |
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- (William Kristol – visiting professor in government at Harvard University and Robert Kagan – senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and PhD in American History, “Toward a Neo-Reganite Foreign Policy,” Foreign Affairs. July/August, http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=viewandid=276) |