Tournament: Weber State | Round: 1 | Opponent: Weber CS | Judge: 

GBTL: 1NC (Long)

The 1AC is a typical leftist response to oppression that remains silent in the face
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classism, racism, sexism, and militarism which make violence and extinction inevitable

Ward Churchill 1996 (Professor of Ethnic Studies at University of Colorado, Boulder, BA and MA in
Communications from Sangamon State, From A Native Son pgs 520 – 530)

I’ll debunk some of this nonsense in a moment, but first I want to
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, sexist, classist, homophobic, militaristic order on non-Indians.

Our alternative is US off the planet 

Only rejecting the state in every instance solves – it is the only hope we have for imagining a world without the US 

Churchill, 04
Ward Churchill; August 24, 2004, Resistance to War, Occupation, and Empire, http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=6088, 

Every square inch of terra firma of Turtle Island that purportedly forms this corporate structure
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, that is to say the dismantlement of Empire from the inside out.     
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Ishmael 1NC (1/3)

Every culture operates within a paradigm – our culture, including every man, woman
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find an alternative paradigm to operate within, we’ve already dug our grave.
Merrit 1 (Mark S., Masters from City University of New York. Master’s thesis, "The Unsustainability and Origins of Socioeconomic Increase," January 2001. http://potluck.com/media/the-unsustainability-and-origins-of-socioeconomic-increase.pdf, AD 10/5/09)
Our prevailing economic paradigm is one of growth. It relies on a faulty preanalytic
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be something that can be achieved through optimistic, fulfilling and empowering means.
The affirmative views the world through the lens of civilization – millions of years of sustainable human living have just been erased by the hegemonic control of totalitarian agriculture and civilization. The affirmative operates within this mindset.  
Quinn 97 (Daniel, studied anthropology, history, and ecology at Loyola University, University of Vienna, Austria, and Saint Louis University. Mr Quinn is without a doubt straight thuggin. "The Story of B" Paperback edition, 1997, by Bantam Books. Pg. 245)
Humans had come into existence farming, just the way deer had come into existence
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their work would have changed if they’d known the truth about our origins.

The system has inertia, a desire to move forward – patchwork goals inevitably contribute to over-production, leading to extinction, and has no hope of offering a way out.
Heylighen 26 Bernheim 2k (Francis, PhD from University of Brussels’ Department of Philosophy, and Jan, PhD 26 Professor of Medicine @ University of Brussels, Human Ecology Department. "GLOBAL PROGRESS II: EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS AND THEIR SIDE-EFFECTS" in the Journal of Happiness Studies (2000), pgs. 359-361)
Of course, overshooting can be easily corrected through feedback: once you notice that
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and push us into situations that demand more than we can comfortably handle. 

We’re experiencing a cultural collapse – civilization denies us a life value
Quinn 97 (Daniel, studied anthropology, history, and ecology at Loyola University, University of Vienna, Austria, and Saint Louis University. Mr Quinn is without a doubt straight thuggin. "The Story of B" Paperback edition, 1997, by Bantam Books. Pg. 284)
I want you to understand what I’m doing here. I’m proposing a new theory
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.  And so, ladies and gentlemen, we’re ... going to pieces. 

Thus the alternative:
We should reject the affirmative and it’s calls for reformist action in favor of creating an entirely new bottom-up paradigm shift. This radical act allows us to seize power at our localities and challenge the ideology of civilization
Merrit 1 (Mark S., Masters from City University of New York. Master’s thesis, "The Unsustainability and Origins of Socioeconomic Increase," January 2001. http://potluck.com/media/the-unsustainability-and-origins-of-socioeconomic-increase.pdf, AD 10/5/09)
A surprising and ironic conclusion flows from such an approach. The point of encouraging
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works for both people and the Earth of which we are a part. 

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Capitalism 1nc

A. Cannot reform capital because gains will be rolled back—our alternatives are fascism or socialism

Harry Magdoff, editor, and Fred Magdoff, Professor, Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, "Approaching Socialism," MONTHLY REVIEW v. 57 n. 3, July-August 2005. Available from the World Wide Web at: www.monthlyreview.org/0705magdoffs1.htm, accessed 4/12/06.

The greed, individualism, and competition fostered by capitalism makes it relatively easy to
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a collective society that can provide the basic needs for all of humanity.

B. This entrenches the root cause of exploitation, imperialism, war and eco-doom—threatens our extinction

John Bellamy Foster, University of Oregon, "The Ecology of Destruction," MONTHLY REVIEW, February 2007, www.monthlyreview.org/0207jbf.htm

My intention here is not of course to recount Pontecorvo’s entire extraordinary film, but
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the entire capitalist world economy, encompassing the planet as a whole.3

C. The Alternative: reject the affirmative by voting negative

And, that solves

Joel Kovel, Alger Hiss Professor, Social Studies, Bard College, THE ENEMY OF NATURE: THE END OF CAPITALISM OR THE END OF THE WORLD, 2002, p. 224.

Relentless criticism can delegitimate the system and release people into struggle. And as struggle
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of the masses of people. There is no greater responsibility for intellectuals.

D. Method is the foremost political question because one must understand the existing social totality before one can act on it—grounding the sites of political contestation or knowledge outside of labor and surplus value merely serve to humanize capital and prevent a transition to a society beyond oppression.

Stephen Tumino, prof. of English at Pitt, 2001, "What is Orthodox Marxism and Why it Matters Now More than Ever", Red Critique, p. online 

Any effective political theory will have to do at least two things: it will
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lines of praxis that will lead to building a society free from necessity.
But first I must clarify what I mean by Orthodox Marxism. Like all other
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a new society based not on human rights but on freedom from necessity.
I will argue that to know contemporary society—and to be able to act
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marxism, feminism, anti-racism, queeries, . . . ).
Such an understanding of social inequality is based on the fundamental understanding that the source
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determinism of corporate theory ("knowledge work") that masquerades as social theory.

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Tournament: Weber State | Round: 3 | Opponent: Wyoming GJ | Judge: 

Next off

The United States Congress should establish a policy trial process regarding the United States federal government statutorily refusing the war powers authority of the President of the United States to engage in peacekeeping operations. The result of the policy trial should be unconditionally implemented and enforced by the United States Congress.

The trial solves the aff

Noone 12
(Gregory Noone, Director of the Fairmont State University National ¶ Security and Intelligence Program and an Assistant Professor of ¶ Political Science and Law, "The War Powers Resolution and Public Opinion" Volume 45 Fall 2012 Issues 1 26 2,  http://law.case.edu/journals/JIL/Documents/45CaseWResJIntlL1262.8.Article.Noone.pdf, KB)

IV. The Public Wants Congress to Approve¶ "Do you think the president
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2008 indicate the desire for ¶ congressional approval remains strong with few exceptions.

Next off

Drone courts destroy presidential flexibility and don’t work

HRF, 2013 (Human Rights First, a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization, published December 2012 and updated April 2013, "How to Ensure that the U.S. Drone Program does not Undermine Human Rights" http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/blueprints2012/HRF_Targeted_Killing_blueprint.pdf)

Aside from the constitutional problems, the drone court would undermine national security. In
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the use of lethal force in situations where the threat is not actually imminent

That causes extinction

Yoo 12
(John Yoo, American attorney, law professor, and author. He served as a political appointee, the Deputy Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice (OLC), during the George W. Bush administration. "War Powers Belong to the President"¶ Posted Feb 1, 2012,¶ http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/war_powers_belong_to_the_president, KB)
A radical change in the system for making war might appease critics of presidential power
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time to introduce sweeping, untested changes in the way we make war.

Next off(Read Green)

Security threats are constructed to mobilize violence- this is the root cause of war and sparks dehumanization and extermination- the impact is extinction.  Discourse shapes reality

Talbot 8 ( ’Us’ and ’Them’: Terrorism, Conflict and (O)ther Discursive Formations  by Steven Talbot Defence Science and Technology Organisation Sociological Research Online, Volume 13, Issue 1Published: 21/3/2008 

As a point of departure, this paper aims to explore the significance of identity1formation
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-discourse highlighting the diversity extant within ’so-called’ homogenous populations. 

Role of the ballot is to either accept or reject the affs securitization—its only securitized if you vote aff
Saltera 8 (Securitization and desecuritization: a dramaturgical analysis of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority  Mark B Saltera  School of Politics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5. E-mail: msalter@uottawa.ca, , 2008
This model of settings for securitizing moves fits cleanly with Paris School interventions on the
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/or in the wider policy making discourse’ (Floyd 2007: 336).  

Individual rejection breaks down security logic and opens up alternatives

Burke 2 (Anthony Burke, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland.  Alternatives 27, 2002. Aporias of Security.by Anthony Burke

Refusing Security It is perhaps easy to become despondent, but as countless struggles for
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world after security, and what its shimmering possi­bilities might be. 

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Solvency(Read Blue)

Drone courts ineffective—ill-suited to weigh all necessary factors in a timely manner, must address fundament questions, and is insufficient to appease detractors

Groves 13
~Groves, Stephen: Bernard and Barbara Lomas Senior Research Fellow. "Drone Strikes: The Legality of U.S. Targeting Terrorists Abroad." Heritage Foundation. Heritage Foundation, 10 Apr 2013. Web. 31 Aug 2013. http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/04/drone-strikes-the-legality-of-us-targeting-terrorists-abroad. Wyo-BF~
In sum, no evidence indicates that U.S. targeted drone strikes violate
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transparency no matter what kind of forum is established to oversee targeting decisions.

There are not enough judges for the courts now — The aff would overload them denying justice.
SF GATE 2013Not enough judges, not enough justice Updated 5:16 pm, Friday, February 15, 2013 http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/editorials/article/Not-enough-judges-not-enough-justice-4283097.php
Our federal judiciary is overloaded, which means judges can’t handle the mountains of cases
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This shouldn’t be a matter of politics. It’s a matter of justice.

Tournament: Weber State | Round: 5 | Opponent: GonzagaWeber | Judge: 

Agent Specification Shell (Short)

A. Interpretation: The Affirmative must specify which branch of the federal government authorizes the plan in the 1AC plan text. Actor questions are central to the topic which says "statutory and/or judicial restriction" 

B. Violation:  -they just say "USFG"
   -refuse to clarify

Security: 1NC (Long)

Security threats are constructed to mobilize violence- this is the root cause of war and sparks dehumanization and extermination- the impact is extinction.  Discourse shapes reality

Talbot 8 ( ’Us’ and ’Them’: Terrorism, Conflict and (O)ther Discursive Formations  by Steven Talbot Defence Science and Technology Organisation Sociological Research Online, Volume 13, Issue 1Published: 21/3/2008 

As a point of departure, this paper aims to explore the significance of identity1formation
AND
discourse highlighting the diversity extant within ’so-called’ homogenous populations. ?
Role of the ballot is to either accept or reject the affs securitization—its only securitized if you vote aff

Saltera 8 (Securitization and desecuritization: a dramaturgical analysis of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority  Mark B Saltera  School of Politics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5. E-mail: msalter@uottawa.ca, , 2008

This model of settings for securitizing moves fits cleanly with Paris School interventions on the
AND
/or in the wider policy making discourse’ (Floyd 2007: 336).  

Individual rejection breaks down security logic and opens up alternatives

Burke 2 (Anthony Burke, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland.  Alternatives 27, 2002. Aporias of Security.by Anthony Burke

Refusing Security It is perhaps easy to become despondent, but as countless struggles for
AND
world after security, and what its shimmering possi­bilities might be. 

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Counterplan

The United States federal government should enter into a prior binding consultation with Turkey on whether or not it should ban signature strikes.

The increasing importance of the US relationship with Turkey has made consultation an expectation. No consultation would destroy the relationship.
Jim Zanotti
Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
June 21, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R41368.pdf

Gauging how U.S. and Turkish interests coincide has become increasingly complicated and dynamic. U.S.-Turkey closeness on issues affecting the Middle East has increased since 2011 because

• Turkish leaders perceive a need for U.S. help to encourage regional democratic transition while countering actors with the potential to undermine internal
Turkish and regional stability—including the Iranian and Syrian regimes and terrorists from Turkey’s own ethnic Kurdish population; and
• The United States may be more dependent on its alliance with Turkey to forward U.S. interests in the region because of the recent end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq and other possible future reductions in its Middle East footprint.

These factors have led to frequent high-level U.S.-Turkey consultation
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against Iran for its nuclear program and its deteriorating relationship with Israel.2

 Collapse of US-Turkey alliance causes multiple scenarios for war—Central Asian stability, terrorism, Iraq fragmentation
Menon and Wimbush 7 (Rajan, Prof of International Relations, S. Enders, Director of Center for Future Security Strategies, Survival Vol. 49 No. 2, http://www.newamerica.net/files/nafmigration/Menon_and_Wimbush_US_Turkey_Alliance_Survival_2007.pdf)

If Turkey a key friend and ally turns away from the United States, the
AND
Turkish installations are important for providing logistical support to US forces in Iraq.
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Turkey wants to buy drones from the US. They care about this issue. This is also the warrant for their modeling argument. The reason Turkey cares about US drone policy is because they want them.
Jim Zanotti
Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
June 21, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R41368.pdf

Since 2008, Turkey has reportedly been particularly interested in acquiring armed drones from the
AND
how Turkey’s ongoing negotiations with the PKK may affect its military procurement plans.
 

Counterplan

The United States federal government should substantially increase its humanitarian aid to Yemen.

Humanitarian aid is a prerequisite to Yemeni stability – now is key

United Nations, 2013(United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 15 July 2013, cites OuldCheikh Ahmed, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen and Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq, Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait, "Yemen: Efforts to bring stability could fail unless basic needs are met, warns UN" http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/yemen-efforts-bring-stability-could-fail-unless-basic-needs-are-met-warns-un)
The UN has warned that efforts to find a political solution to the insecurity that
AND
. "But this window of opportunity may not stay open for long."

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Turkey: 1NC

plan’s modeling restricts Turkish strikes on Kurdish militants
Roberts 13 (Kristin Roberts, News Editor for National Journal, M.A. in security studies from Georgetown University, "When the Whole World Has Drones," The National Journal, March 22, 2013, http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/when-the-whole-world-has-drones-20130321)
Hyperbole? Consider this: Iran, with the approval of Damascus, carries out
AND
learned it by watching you. In Pakistan, Yemen, and Afghanistan.
This is the unintended consequence of American drone warfare. For all of the attention
AND
uses of one of the most awesome military robotics capabilities of this generation.

PKK resurgence threatens Northern Iraq and collapses regional stability
Clark 08 (Perry Clark, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, U.S. Army War College, "Reassessing U.S. National Security Strategy: the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)," Strategy Research Project, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA47819726Location=U226doc=GetTRDoc.pdf)
The PKK is a recognized terrorist organization by the U.S. and the
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rule them and the western powers that try to influence events there."65

Global nuclear war
Corsi 07 (Jerome, Ph.D. in Political Science – Harvard University, "War with Iran is Imminent", World Net Daily, 1-8, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53669)
If a broader war breaks out in Iraq, Olmert will certainly face pressure to
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a third world war, much as World Wars I and II began.

Yemen: 1NC

Aggressive targeted killing policy’s key to stability in Yemen

Alan W. Dowd 13, writes on national defense, foreign policy, and international security in multiple publications including Parameters, Policy Review, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, World Politics Review, American Outlook, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, The National Post, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, and The Financial Times Deutschland, Winter-Spring 2013, "Drone Wars: Risks and Warnings," Parameters, Vol. 42.4/43.1

At the beginning of President Hadi’s May offensive he, therefore, had a fractured
AND
, but they could also melt away in the face of military setbacks.
Adding to his problems, President Hadi had only recently taken office after a long
AND
Yemeni officers indicated that they respected the fighting ability of their enemies.16
Shortly before the ground offensive, drones were widely reported in the US and international
AND
government, although it no longer ruled any urban centers in the south.

No backlash and no impact

Watts 12 (Clinton Watts is a Senior Analyst with the Navanti Group and a Senior Fellow at The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI). He is also a former U.S. Army Officer and former Special Agent with the FBI. Frank J. Cilluffo is the Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University., 6/21/2012, "Drones in Yemen: Is the U.S. on Target?", www.gwumc.edu/hspi/policy/drones.pdf)

AQAP’s persistence arises not only from internal instability in Yemen but even more from exogenous
AND
our adversaries (AQAP) dictate our tactics should never be an option.

Tournament: Weber State | Round: 5 | Opponent: GonzagaWeber | Judge: 

Agent Specification Shell (Short)

A. Interpretation: The Affirmative must specify which branch of the federal government authorizes the plan in the 1AC plan text. Actor questions are central to the topic which says "statutory and/or judicial restriction" 

B. Violation:  -they just say "USFG"
   -refuse to clarify

Security: 1NC (Long)

Security threats are constructed to mobilize violence- this is the root cause of war and sparks dehumanization and extermination- the impact is extinction.  Discourse shapes reality

Talbot 8 ( ’Us’ and ’Them’: Terrorism, Conflict and (O)ther Discursive Formations  by Steven Talbot Defence Science and Technology Organisation Sociological Research Online, Volume 13, Issue 1Published: 21/3/2008 

As a point of departure, this paper aims to explore the significance of identity1formation
AND
discourse highlighting the diversity extant within ’so-called’ homogenous populations. ?
Role of the ballot is to either accept or reject the affs securitization—its only securitized if you vote aff

Saltera 8 (Securitization and desecuritization: a dramaturgical analysis of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority  Mark B Saltera  School of Politics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5. E-mail: msalter@uottawa.ca, , 2008

This model of settings for securitizing moves fits cleanly with Paris School interventions on the
AND
/or in the wider policy making discourse’ (Floyd 2007: 336).  

Individual rejection breaks down security logic and opens up alternatives

Burke 2 (Anthony Burke, School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland.  Alternatives 27, 2002. Aporias of Security.by Anthony Burke

Refusing Security It is perhaps easy to become despondent, but as countless struggles for
AND
world after security, and what its shimmering possi­bilities might be. 

?

Counterplan

The United States federal government should enter into a prior binding consultation with Turkey on whether or not it should ban signature strikes.

The increasing importance of the US relationship with Turkey has made consultation an expectation. No consultation would destroy the relationship.
Jim Zanotti
Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
June 21, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R41368.pdf

Gauging how U.S. and Turkish interests coincide has become increasingly complicated and dynamic. U.S.-Turkey closeness on issues affecting the Middle East has increased since 2011 because

• Turkish leaders perceive a need for U.S. help to encourage regional democratic transition while countering actors with the potential to undermine internal
Turkish and regional stability—including the Iranian and Syrian regimes and terrorists from Turkey’s own ethnic Kurdish population; and
• The United States may be more dependent on its alliance with Turkey to forward U.S. interests in the region because of the recent end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq and other possible future reductions in its Middle East footprint.

These factors have led to frequent high-level U.S.-Turkey consultation
AND
against Iran for its nuclear program and its deteriorating relationship with Israel.2

 Collapse of US-Turkey alliance causes multiple scenarios for war—Central Asian stability, terrorism, Iraq fragmentation
Menon and Wimbush 7 (Rajan, Prof of International Relations, S. Enders, Director of Center for Future Security Strategies, Survival Vol. 49 No. 2, http://www.newamerica.net/files/nafmigration/Menon_and_Wimbush_US_Turkey_Alliance_Survival_2007.pdf)

If Turkey a key friend and ally turns away from the United States, the
AND
Turkish installations are important for providing logistical support to US forces in Iraq.
?

Turkey wants to buy drones from the US. They care about this issue. This is also the warrant for their modeling argument. The reason Turkey cares about US drone policy is because they want them.
Jim Zanotti
Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
June 21, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R41368.pdf

Since 2008, Turkey has reportedly been particularly interested in acquiring armed drones from the
AND
how Turkey’s ongoing negotiations with the PKK may affect its military procurement plans.
 

Counterplan

The United States federal government should substantially increase its humanitarian aid to Yemen.

Humanitarian aid is a prerequisite to Yemeni stability – now is key

United Nations, 2013(United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 15 July 2013, cites OuldCheikh Ahmed, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen and Dr. Abdullah Al-Matouq, Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for Kuwait, "Yemen: Efforts to bring stability could fail unless basic needs are met, warns UN" http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/yemen-efforts-bring-stability-could-fail-unless-basic-needs-are-met-warns-un)
The UN has warned that efforts to find a political solution to the insecurity that
AND
. "But this window of opportunity may not stay open for long."

?

Turkey: 1NC

plan’s modeling restricts Turkish strikes on Kurdish militants
Roberts 13 (Kristin Roberts, News Editor for National Journal, M.A. in security studies from Georgetown University, "When the Whole World Has Drones," The National Journal, March 22, 2013, http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/when-the-whole-world-has-drones-20130321)
Hyperbole? Consider this: Iran, with the approval of Damascus, carries out
AND
learned it by watching you. In Pakistan, Yemen, and Afghanistan.
This is the unintended consequence of American drone warfare. For all of the attention
AND
uses of one of the most awesome military robotics capabilities of this generation.

PKK resurgence threatens Northern Iraq and collapses regional stability
Clark 08 (Perry Clark, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, U.S. Army War College, "Reassessing U.S. National Security Strategy: the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)," Strategy Research Project, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA47819726Location=U226doc=GetTRDoc.pdf)
The PKK is a recognized terrorist organization by the U.S. and the
AND
rule them and the western powers that try to influence events there."65

Global nuclear war
Corsi 07 (Jerome, Ph.D. in Political Science – Harvard University, "War with Iran is Imminent", World Net Daily, 1-8, http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53669)
If a broader war breaks out in Iraq, Olmert will certainly face pressure to
AND
a third world war, much as World Wars I and II began.

Yemen: 1NC

Aggressive targeted killing policy’s key to stability in Yemen

Alan W. Dowd 13, writes on national defense, foreign policy, and international security in multiple publications including Parameters, Policy Review, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, World Politics Review, American Outlook, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, The National Post, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, and The Financial Times Deutschland, Winter-Spring 2013, "Drone Wars: Risks and Warnings," Parameters, Vol. 42.4/43.1

At the beginning of President Hadi’s May offensive he, therefore, had a fractured
AND
, but they could also melt away in the face of military setbacks.
Adding to his problems, President Hadi had only recently taken office after a long
AND
Yemeni officers indicated that they respected the fighting ability of their enemies.16
Shortly before the ground offensive, drones were widely reported in the US and international
AND
government, although it no longer ruled any urban centers in the south.

No backlash and no impact

Watts 12 (Clinton Watts is a Senior Analyst with the Navanti Group and a Senior Fellow at The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI). He is also a former U.S. Army Officer and former Special Agent with the FBI. Frank J. Cilluffo is the Director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at The George Washington University., 6/21/2012, "Drones in Yemen: Is the U.S. on Target?", www.gwumc.edu/hspi/policy/drones.pdf)

AQAP’s persistence arises not only from internal instability in Yemen but even more from exogenous
AND
our adversaries (AQAP) dictate our tactics should never be an option.