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AC Harms – Iran: A/t - #2 “No More Ties to Iran” [1/2] 69
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2AC Harms – Iran: A/t - #2 “No More Ties to Iran” [1/2] 691) Iran and Venezuela are working closely together to fight America, and Iran may use Venezuela to sneak weapons in for a terrorist attack against the U.S. Extend our 1AC WALSER AND PHILLIPS evidence. 2) The new regime is still anti-American, creating false accusations about meddling and conspiracy. SULLIVAN, 13 [Mark, Specialist in Latin American Affairs with Congressional Research Service; “Hugo Chávez’s Death: Implications for Venezuela and U.S. Relations,” 4/09, http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42989.pdf] Hostility toward the United States was often used by the Chávez government as a way to shore up support during elections, and it appears that this is being employed by the PSUV once again in the current presidential campaign. On March 20, 2013, Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said that Venezuelan officials would no longer be talking about improving U.S.-Venezuelan relations with Assistant Secretary of State Jacobson because of comments that Jacobson had made in a Spanish newspaper; Jacobson had said that “Venezuelans deserve open, fair and transparent elections.” A senior U.S. official reportedly said that such bizarre accusations and behavior raises doubts over whether bilateral relations will be able to be improved with a Maduro government. Another strange accusation by Maduro is that two former U.S. State Department officials were plotting to kill Capriles and to blame it on the Maduro government; the State Department strongly rejected the “allegations of U.S. government involvement to harm anyone in Venezuela.” Looking ahead, some observers contend that anti-Americanism could also be a means for PSUV leaders to mask internal problems within Chavismo, and even could be utilized as a potential new PSUV government led by Maduro deals with a deteriorating economy. 2AC Harms – Iran: A/t - #2 “No More Ties to Iran” [2/2] 703) Maduro was hand-picked by Chavez and is continuing the old anti-Americanism. HARVARD CRIMSON, 13 [John Griffin, editorial writer, “Engage with Venezuela,” 4/03, http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/4/3/Harvard-Venezuela-Chavez-death/] While it might seem likely that relations between the United States and Venezuela would naturally improve after the death of the combative Chávez, the opposite now seems more likely. Before passing away, Chávez had handpicked a successor in Nicholas Maduro, who has assumed power in the interim before the presidential election in April. As Chávez’s handpicked successor, Maduro has already continued with his mentor’s trend of using anti-American rhetoric to bring popularity to his government, even declaring that American agents may have infected Chávez with the cancer that killed him. While Washington has officially declared that it is committed to a more functional relationship with Venezuela, its actions have not been consistent with this idea: The United States offered no official condolences for Chávez’s death, and both nations have started expelling diplomats from the other. Neither nation, it seems, is steering toward more congenial relations with the other. 4) Current U.S. policy is encouraging Venezuela to maintain the same anti-American, violent policies as under Chavez. HARVARD CRIMSON, 13 [John Griffin, editorial writer, “Engage with Venezuela,” 4/03, http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/4/3/Harvard-Venezuela-Chavez-death/] Admittedly, the United States has good reason to be less than enthused about more Chávez-style governance in Venezuela. Calling himself a 21st-century socialist, Chávez nationalized the lucrative oil industry, developed strong trade and diplomatic relationships with Iran and Cuba, repeatedly decried the United States as an imperialist force, and cooperated with the Iranians in developing nuclear technology. Engaging in petty diplomat-expulsion spats, however, is no way to deal with any of these problems, and it in fact only strengthens the Chavistas’ hold on their country. The diplomatic and economic opportunities that would stem from greater engagement would far outweigh the meager benefits reaped from our current policies. 2AC Harms – Iran: A/t - #3 “Iran is Peaceful” [1/2] 711) Iran is using Venezuela to hide its nuclear weapons program so that it can appear peaceful to the outside world while still developing weapons and terrorist connections. The impact is a secret attack that escalates to global war. Extend our 1AC NORIEGA evidence. 2) Close ties to Venezuela are necessary for Iran to generate revenue to continue supporting terrorism and developing nuclear weapons. WALSER AND PHILLIPS, 12 [Ray, PhD., Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America; and James, Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies; “Iran Moves West: Ahmadinejad's 2012 Latin American Visit,” 1/06, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/01/iran-president-ahmadinejads-latin-american-visit/] What does Iran seek in the Americas? It desires diplomatic cover and international support against the U.S. and Western Europe, which are imposing increasingly tougher sanctions. Iran wants commercial and economic outlets for its limited range of exports and sources of secure supply for its domestic market. Iran also desires a set of friends who are willing to buck the U.S and aid the Iranian Central Bank and state enterprises in their efforts to conduct sales and technology transfers that minimize the bite of sanctions. From a geostrategic point of view, Iran likely views Latin America as a potential platform for conducting asymmetric warfare or disruptive terrorism in the event of a conflict over free passage in the Strait of Hormuz or a strike against Iran’s accelerating nuclear weapons program by Israel or the U.S. Iran also colludes with foreign terrorist organizations, particularly Hezbollah, the radical Lebanese Shiite terrorist organization that has established deep roots within the Lebanese diaspora in South and Central America. Hezbollah has enriched itself through involvement with South America’s cocaine trade to fund its activities around the world. 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