Tournament: Harvard Westlake | Round: 3 | Opponent: Straik Jesuit DT | Judge: Michael Harris
College campus activism against war undermines morale and forces withdrawal – collapses American presence abroad and causes massive instability that culminates in extinction
Janet Levy 7 ~(Janet Levy, ) Iraq's only Similarity to Vietnam: Its Dangerous Anti-War Movement, Accuracy in Media 2-28-2007~ AT
Contrary to media reports and the perception of a majority of Americans, the United
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S. allies and interests and threaten the very existence of our nation.
Resolve is the THE determiner of American hegemony – it's key to deterrence and conflict effectiveness – anything else just prolongs violence
Eyago '5 7 / 8 / 05 Political Commentary – Sound Politics Reporter ~http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/004721.html, Sound Commentary on Current Events in Seattle, Puget Sound and Washington State~
Finally, I am angry at those who undermine our efforts to conduct this war
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our public leaders. What they do for political gain is completely unconscionable.
That's key to solve great power war and existential governance crises
Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth '13 (Stephen, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University in the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, William C. Wohlforth is the Daniel Webster Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College "Don't Come Home America: The Case Against Retrenchment," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Winter 2012/13), pp. 7–51)
A core premise of deep engagement is that it prevents the emergence of a far
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that of potential rivals is by many measures growing rather than shrinking. 85
Goldstein 1—Prof PoliSci @ American University, Joshua, War and Gender , P. 412
First, peace activists face a dilemma in thinking about causes of war and working
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on injustice as the main cause of war seems to be empirically inadequate.