Soft power is key to hard power and the war on terrorism – its decline will cause domestic isolationism
Nye – Dean of Government at Harvard – 2004 (Joseph, dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Political Science Quarterly, Summer, ebsco)
We control the direction of every impact – A collapse of hegemony would result in great power wars and extinction
Thayer 2006 [Bradley A., Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, The National Interest, November -December, “In Defense of Primacy”, lexis]
Contention Three: Solvency
Funding the Water for the Poor act is vital to eliminate the water crisis – US action is key
Keating 06 March 22nd, Research Associate, Global Strategy Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Laura, “Water Makes Sense” Global Strategy Institute of CSIS, http://www.csis.org/component /option,com_csis_progj/task ,viewid,573
A commitment to public health assistance through a water policy to Africa is critical to ending water scarcity. Only US action can solve core causes of scarcity
Lochery 07 May 16th, Water Team Director for CARE, Peter, “Beyond the Status Quo: Bringing Down Barriers to Water and Sanitation Provision in Africa through Implementation of the Senator Paul Simon: Water for the Poor Act Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health,” http://www.care.org/newsroom /articles/2007/05/lochery _water_testimony.pdf
Only the US can coordinate agencies and enable other governments and NGOs to ensure sustainable success
CSIS 05 Center for Strategic International Studies – Sandia National Laboratory, “Global Water Futures: Addressing Our Global Water Future,” 9/30, White Paper, http://www.sandia.gov/water /docs/CSIS-SNL_OGWF_9-28-05.PDF
State action is the best way to achieve social change, and endorsing a specific state policy is not a blind endorsement of the state
Krause 97 Keith, professor of political science at Graduate institute in Geneva, Critical Security Studies
Farm Bill Elections DA
Unique internal link – Bush is going to veto the current farm bill in a push for reform
US Ag Net, 1/21/2008 (http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=152&yr=2008)
Political capital is key to a farm bill veto
East Valley Tribune, 11/8/2007 (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/101528)
Bush veto is crucial to a Democrat victory in the coming elections
High Plains Journal, 1/17/2008 (“Should the President veto the farm bill?” http://www.hpj.com/archives/2008/jan08/jan21/ShouldthePresidentvetothefa.cfm?title=Should%20the%20President%20veto%20the%20farm%20bill)
Impact – CTBT Times of India 10-20-07, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/I_will_seek_approval_of_CTBT_Hillary_Clinton/articleshow/2476937.cms
Solves Prolif, Indo Pak war, Iranian escalation and locks in US leadership
Choubey 7, Deepti Deputy Director of the Nonproliferation Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, WP 11-7-07
Bush Good – Farm Bill A. Bush will veto any version of the Farm bill that includes subsidies
SPI 1/18, (SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD, “Farm Bill: A cry for reform”, http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/347945_farmed.html)
Political capital is key to a farm bill veto
East Valley Tribune, 11/8/2007 (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/101528)
Farm subsidies will derail Doha
AFP 12/14, (US Senate passes massive farm bill, Associated Free Press, http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jnkHWUmimLSruxGRfl-s4eXo-tlg)
Doha success prevents a complete collapse of trade and global war---empirically proven
Reuters 7, “WTO head Lamy says trade deal within reach”, Thomas Atkins, Reuters September 08, 2007, National Post, http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=937dfbcf-b614-4d53-8880-6e641956fcbc&k=71583
Impact’s nuke war
Spicer 96 (The Challenge from the East and the Rebirth of the West, 1996, p. 121)
Bipart Good – Farm Bill
Bipartisan efforts ensure an override of Bush’s farm bill veto.
Allbritton 12/17 (Jay, “Senate Passes Huge Farm Bill”, http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/17/senate-passes-huge-farm-bill/
Bipartisanship’s key to override the veto and dissolve deadlock AND issues spill over
Newsday 7 (If Democrats bend a little, they'll gain a lot, 10/07/2007,
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opsch075404191oct07,0,7652706.story)
D. Farm bill’s essential to offset economic devastation and the global food supply
Impact’s Extinction
Bearden 2K T.E., LTC U.S. Army (Retired), [“The Unnecessary Energy Crisis: How to Solve It Quickly,” http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3aaf97f22e23.htm, June 24]
Bush Bad – ANWR
OGN 1/6, ("US Congress has big appetite for energy issues", Oil and Gasoline News Worldwide, Volume: 24, No. 50, December 31, January 6, 2008, http://oilandgasnewsworldwide.com/Articles.asp?Article=23690)
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