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+The Aff has committed treason—at the top of the case, they have blatantly mocked what our soldiers do to protect our freedom and country. Their discourse not only contributes the injury and death of soldiers overseas, it also emboldens our enemies abroad by weakening American resolve. Their irresponsible criticism of our soldiers means the aff has blood on their hands. |
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+Eyago (commenter on Sound Politics). Comment #88 on “London Terrorist Attack.” Sound Politics, Sound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State. July 8th, 2005. http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/004721.html |
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+I am angry… is completely unconscionable. |
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+Challenging the military’s supposed “ideological stronghold” on the military is EXACTLY the problem—distancing the academy from the military renders the military a pure abstraction in the eyes of academic elites. We must recognize that the US military is a force for good, and our soldiers truly protect freedom here and abroad. |
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+Curt Weldon (American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania). “Liberty’s Duty to Defend Itself.” Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, Vol. 19, Issue 1. 2005. http://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1201andcontext=ndjlepp |
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+II. SUPPORT THE SPREAD… well-understood or respected. |
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+The alternative is to endorse American military primacy—attempts to weaken US military dominance make the world a dangerous place |
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+Thomas Wright (Brookings Institution fellow and director of the Project on International Order and Strategy, as well as a fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe, at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was executive director of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and senior researcher for the Princeton Project on National Security). “Should America Power Down?” The American Interest. August 14th, 2015. http://www.the-american-interest.com/2015/08/14/should-america-power-down/ |
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+The role of the ballot is to facilitate civil-military relations. |
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+We could have had a productive debate about free speech, but the aff didn’t need to take shots at our soldiers—anti-soldier rhetoric is antithetical to debate’s educational potential. Debate should be a site of contestation against oppression, but that shouldn’t come at the expense of debaters who might one day enlist |
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+Major Adam Scher (Assistant Professor of American Politics in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy and has worked with inter-collegiate policy debate for 8 years. He graduated from West Point in 2004, and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 2013. Adam deployed to Iraq from 2005-2006 and again from 2007-2008 with the 101st Airborne Division. He commanded a Stryker company in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2010-2011. In 2015, he deployed with the 82nd Airborne Division to Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve serving as the Iraqi Security Forces Development Officer). “Can College Debate Improve The Civil-Military Divide? Only If Both Sides Listen To Each Other.” The Havok Journal. January 22nd, 2016. http://havokjournal.com/nation/can-college-debate-improve-the-civil-military-divide/ |
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+As the officer …our diverse perspectives. |