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Cuba Terror—1AC

PLAN: The United States federal government should remove Cuba from the list of countries subject to economic penalties governed by Section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act

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US renamed Cuba to the list in May – there are no plans for removal Kasturi 13- Kasturi and Sons News service ("US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list", 5/2/13, [])//Modermatt// // The State Department has announced that Washington has no plans to remove Cuba from a // // AND // // that there are no plans to alter Cuba~’s status in the near future. //

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// U.S.-Cuba relations are in a stalemate and will not budge anytime soon // // Taylor 7/4, // // (Guy Taylor, staff writer for the Washington Times, "Private talks hint at change in U.S.-Cuba relationship," The Washington Times, 7/4/2013,[]) // // Together, the negotiations have some in Washington wondering whether the Obama administration is looking // // AND // // American Republicans who represent districts in Florida heavy with anti-Castro exiles. //

// Scratching Cuba from the terror list is a stepping stone to better relations // // McKenna, 2013, Professor and Chair of political science at the University of Prince Edward Island // // (Peter, 4/17/2013, "Cuba Languishes on Terror List for No Good Reasons" The Chronicle Harold, []) // // It~’s worth mentioning that the Cuban government strongly condemned the terror attacks of 2001, // // AND // // of Cuba, the U.S. and the wider international community. //

// Cuba can be taken off the terror list at any time // // Thale and Anderson 13 – [Geoff Thale and Mavis Anderson, "Cuba, the Terrorism Report, and the Terrorist List", Washington Office on Latin America, 5/24/13, http:/www.wola.org/commentary/cuba_the_terrorism_report_and_the_terrorist_list // CHB]

Recent news reports indicated that the U.S. State Department would miss the AND administration should acknowledge this profound shift by taking Cuba off the terrorist list.

Obama should and has the power to take Cuba off the terror list Levy 4/10 - Lecturer and Doctoral Candidate at the Josef Korbel School of International Affairs at the University of Denver, received the Leonard Marks Essay Award of the American Academy of Diplomacy, masters degree from Columbia in International Affairs. (Arturo Lopez-Levy, "Getting Ready for Post Castro Cuba", The National Interest, 4/10/13, [] ) // EO // // The opportunity to redesign U.S. policy towards Cuba will not last forever // // AND // // to a post-Castro Cuba, it must start this process today. //

// Cuba~’s inclusion on the list is a joke and represents a serious impediment to normalized relations // // Bolender 4/22-Research fellow at the Council on Heespheric Affairs, writer for the guardian (Keith Bolender, "The Terror List, and Terrorism as Practiced Against Cuba", Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 4/22/13, [] EO // // Of all the components to the United States hostile strategy against Cuba, nothing raises // // AND // // from the comprehensive embargo the United States has imposed since the early 1960s . //

// Increasing relations with Cuba from terror list removal key to US relations with the rest of Latin America // // Ekantipur 05/31/13 ("Cuba says inclusion on U.S. terrorist list ~’shameful", []) // Modermatt HAVANA, MAY 31 - In what has become an annual ritual, the United AND .S. attitudes toward the region as a whole," Thale said.

There~’s no reason for Cuba to remain on the list. If the US takes Cuba off the terror list, we gain relations with not only Cuba but the rest of Latin America

Good relations foster peaceful regime change Metzker, 6/13/13, Reporter for Inter Press Service (Jason, "Pressure Building for U.S. to Remove Cuba from ~’Terror Sponsor~’ List", Inter Press Service, [] ) Experts here are stepping up calls for the U.S. government to remove AND in Cuba has been accused, let alone convicted, of international terrorism.¶

We have to enact the plan first and the enactment will then promote the change to democracy in Cuba

Latin American democracy key to global democracy Hillman, 2 – Ph.D., Professor and Director, Institute for the Study of Democracy and Human Rights, St. John Fisher College (Richard S., Democracy and Human Rights in Latin Americai, Preface, p. vii) //SP Latin American experiences, especially in the areas of democratization and human rights protection, AND human rights have definitively entered the political lexicon and discourse throughout the world.

Democracy prevents extinction Diamond 1995 - Hoover Institute Senior Fellow (Larry, "Promoting Democracy in the 1990s," [] ) This hardly exhausts the lists of threats to our security and well-being in AND which a new world order of international security and prosperity can be built.

Relations spur effective global cooperation in preventing the dissemination of nuclear weapons to terrorists and preventing climate change Inter-American Dialogue 12 ("Remaking the Relationship The United States and Latin America", the Inter-American Dialogue is the leading US center for policy analysis, exchange, and communication on issues in Western Hemisphere affairs, April 2012, [] ) In addition to economic and financial matters, Brazil and other Latin American nations are assuming enhanced roles on an array of global political, environmental, and security issues. Several for which US and Latin American cooperation could become increasingly important include: As the world~’s lone nuclear-weapons-free region, Latin America has the AND south-south connections are crucial. Brazil could play a pivotal role. Many countries in the region give priority to climate change challenges. This may position AND support coordination on the presumption of shared interests on a critical policy challenge.
 * Latin Americans are taking more active leadership on drug policy in the hemisphere and could become increasingly influential in global discussions of drug strategies. Although the United States and Latin America are often at odds on drug policy, they have mutual interests and goals that should allow consultation and collaboration on a new, more effective approach to the problem.

Warming is an existential risk – quickening reductions is key to avoiding extinction Mazo 10 – PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA (Jeffrey Mazo, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 3-2010, "Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it," pg. 122) // BB // // The best estimates for global warming to the end of the century range from 2 // // AND // // adaptation to these extremes would mean profound social, cultural and political changes. //

// Action now averts extinction // // Morgan 9 – professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Dennis Ray, "World on Fire: Two Scenarios of the Destruction of Human Civilization and the Possible Extinction of the Human Race", 2009) // Beddow As horrifying as the scenario of human extinction by sudden, fast-burning nuclear AND to a fundamentally different premise regarding the relationship between industrial civilization and nature.

Advantage 2: Terror

Cuts and overstretch prevent effective counterterrorism – the plan solves by focusing reducing the scope of the war on terror Nelson 6 – Masters from Virginia polytechnic in Political Science (Micheal A. Nelson, "Overstreatcehd and Underfunded: The Status of the US Military in the GWoT", ETDS, 2/3/12, [] ) // EO // // The events of 9-11 caused the US military to deploy across the globe // // AND // // strength, increase GWoT funding, and accelerate ¶ weapons research and procurement. //

// Obama announced cutbacks in counterterror efforts – such cuts make efficiency in anti-terror efforts more important // // Tourangbam 13 [Monish Tourangbam, Eurasia Review, 6/29/13 []] // // Close to 12 years after the 9/11 attacks that led to the global // // AND // // risks involved and the negative repercussions it had for US-Pakistan relations. //

// Budget cuts risk lack of terror readiness // // AFP 13 [Agence France Presse, Global Post, 3/19/13, []] // // FBI director Robert Mueller warned Tuesday that the sharp budget cuts affecting all US agencies, including the federal police force, threaten crucial counter-terrorist operations. The FBI boss, speaking before a House of Representatives committee, said that the %24550 million in cuts over the next seven months until the end of the fiscal year will mean, among other things, leaving 2,200 vacant positions unfilled. //

// Cuba isn~’t a threat // // Levy 11 – Lecturer and Doctoral Candidate at the Josef Korbel School of International Affairs at the University of Denver, received the Leonard Marks Essay Award of the American Academy of Diplomacy, masters degree from Columbia in International Affairs. (Arturo Lopez-Levy, "A Call for Cuba~’s Removal from the List of State Sponsers of Terrorism", Center for International policy/Latin American Working Group, 12/1/11, [] EO // // Why including Cuba on the terrorist list makes it difficult to have a realistic and // // AND // // for ¶ terrorist list designation. Cuba~’s presence on the list must end. //

// The inclusion of Cuba on the terror list severely impedes the US war on terror – Resource distraction, Credibility, and Cooperation // // Levy 11 – Lecturer and Doctoral Candidate at the Josef Korbel School of International Affairs at the University of Denver, received the Leonard Marks Essay Award of the American Academy of Diplomacy, masters degree from Columbia in International Affairs. (Arturo Lopez-Levy, "A Call for Cuba~’s Removal from the List of State Sponsers of Terrorism", Center for International policy/Latin American Working Group, 12/1/11, [] EO // // So, let me discuss the first issue, why including Cuba on the terrorist // // AND // // of its demobilization, making this a non issue, the presence of members //

// Cuba~’s status on the list trades off with counterterror in Iran and Syria // // Bosworth 13 – Former director of research at the Rendon Group, former Associate for Communications at Inter-American Dialogue, freelance writer and political/security/economics consultant on Latin America, B.A. in political science from Washington University(James Bosworth, "Will Kerry Push to Remove Cuba from Terror List?", Latin American Monitor, 2/22/13, []) // // [[The Boston Globe-[]]] reports-http://bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/02/21/cuba-label-terrorist-state-longer-justified-some-officials-say/CmVFXsVC4M1R1WbHE8lb0H/story.html that Secretary of State John Kerry is considering removing Cuba-http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Cuba from // // AND // // contribute to better focused counter-terrorism efforts in the hemisphere and globally. //

// US counter-terror solves the Middle East but additional resources are necessary to combat the increasing threat // // Byman 12 – Proffessor at Georgetown University~’s University Studies Program, Staff member on the 9/11 comission, senior fellow at the Brookings institute (Daniel Byman, "Iran~’s Support for Terrorism in the Middle East", Brookings Institute, 5/12/12, [[[]: // www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Testimony/2012/7/25 iran terrorism byman/25 iran terrorism byman.pdf]]) // EO // // Iran has long been one of the most important and dangerous sponsors of terrorism in // // AND // // will find it hard to place additional pressure on Iran due to terrorism.¶ //

// Because of budget cuts, if the US keeps Cuba on the terror list, we take away from the legitimate and growing threats in the Middle East //

// Iranian terrorism reaching a tipping point– Iranian politics, Syrian conflict, US attacks // // Byman 12 – Professor at Georgetown University~’s University Studies Program, Staff member on the 9/11 commission, senior fellow at the Brookings institute (Daniel Byman, "Iran~’s Support for Terrorism in the Middle East", Brookings Institute, 5/12/12, [[[]: // www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Testimony/2012/7/25 iran terrorism byman/25 iran terrorism byman.pdf]]) // EO // // Iran aggressively supported an array of terrorist groups in the 1980s, especially the ¶ // // AND // // as valuable for its own sake and an important tool ¶ of state. //

// New gene synthesis tech makes bioterror uniquely likely // // CBS 11 – International news source ("Clinton: Gene Synthesis Raises Bioweapon Threat", CBS, 12/7/11, []) // EO GENEVA - New gene assembly technology that offers great benefits for scientific research could also AND weapons, saying it is too complicated to monitor every single lab~’s activities.

Bioweapons cause extinction Ochs, 2 – MA in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University and Naturalist at Grand Teton National Park (Richard, "Biological Weapons Must be Abolished Immediately," Jun 9,[]) Of all the weapons of mass destruction, the genetically engineered biological weapons, many AND patriotism would extinguish humanity, then patriotism is the highest of all crimes.

Iranian terrorists will obtain and use biological and nuclear weapons to target Israel Kahili 12 – CIA operative in Iran~’s Revolutionary Guard, author of "A Time to Betray", writer fro the Washington Times (Reza Kahili, "Kahili: Iran Admits Giving WMDs to Terrorists", Washington Times, 8/14/12, [] ) // EO // // Israel-http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/israel/ will be obliterated by chemical, microbial and nuclear bombs, Iran-http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/islamic-republic-of-iran/is warning, // // AND // // seriously. They may be bluster, but of the most dangerous sort." //

// Israel is reaching the tipping point and will retaliate to Iranian terror // // Ronen 12 – Veteran journalist for Arutz Sheva 7 (Gil Ronen, "Netanyahu Vows ~’Forceful Response to Iranian Terror~’", Arutz Shiva 7, 7/18,12, crs.org) // EO Netanyahu is the Iranian Prime Minister Iran and Hizbullah appear to be behind the blast in Bulgaria Wednesday, which took AND , we endorse the Argentinian government~’s efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice."

Israeli strike causes global economic collapse and great power nuclear war Reuveny 10 – Proffessor of political economy at Indiana University, PhD and M.B.A in public affairs, published numerous articles in prestigious journals (Rafael Reuveny, "Guest Opinion: Unilateral Strike on Iran Could Trigger World Depression", School of Public and Enviornmental Affairs of Indiana, 8/6/12, [] ) //EO BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A unilateral Israeli strike on Iran~’s nuclear facilities would likely AND green light. A unilateral Israeli strike could ultimately spark World War III.