Tournament: Russellville AR | Round: 2 | Opponent: Fayetteville | Judge:
We begin with Inherency
The Helms-Burton Act was a direct response to Cuba trying to gain nuclear technology. Colburn, 2007 Arthur Colburn, Nuclear damp squib, Daily Mail (London), May 31, 2007, pg. l/n CGilbert
IN 1976, Cuba and the Soviet Union signed an agreement ….
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….any countries that attempt to assist Cuba in finishing the reactors.
Thus the plan: The United States federal government, through an act of Congress, will repeal the Helms-Burton Act. Additionally the United States will enter into a bilateral agreement with Cuba allowing for nuclear technology sharing in exchange for Cuba sharing their medical technology. We claim fiat and reserve the right to clarify intent.
Next is Solvency
Nuclear energy is key to economic competitiveness. Lions, 2008 Nicolas Loris, Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Jack Spencer, Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, July 2, 2008, the Heritage Foundation, Accessed August 10, 2008, http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm1977.cfm Cgilbert
Affordable energy is critical to sustaining….
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….albeit at a more expensive imported price.
Advantage One is Iran
Iran’s new president is willing to be transparent with the US on nuclear policies; now the time is ripe. Liangxiang, 2013 Jin Liangxiang is a research fellow with Shanghai Institute for International Studies, “US-Iran Relations: Is it only up to Iran?” 9 August 2013, http://www.chinausfocus.com/print/?id=31027 Cgilbert
Academics would like to regard Ahmadinejad as from…
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…to show that its activities fall within the framework of international rules”. He should be serious.
Science and tech sharing are key to building a stable foundation with Iran. Ramsey, 2013 Jasmin Ramsey, writer for the Inter Press Service, “Cultural Engagement Key to Improving U.S.-Iran Relations – Report,” 27 June 2013, http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/cultural-engagement-key-to-improving-u-s-iran-relations-report/ CGilbert
WASHINGTON, Jun 27 2013 (IPS) - Increasing U.S.-Iran cultural exchanges…
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…Reza Aslan, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told IPS.
Cuba and Iran are close partners; peaceful use of nuclear energy is important to their relationship. Franks, 2012 Jeff Franks, contributing writer for Reuters, “Iranian leader says Cuba, Iran think alike,” Reuters Online, 12 January 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/us-cuba-iran-idUSTRE80B1KC20120112 CGilbert
HAVANA (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said…
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…its allies accuse it of wanting to create a nuclear weapon.
Our affirmative accepts past transgressions of the United States by viewing ourselves at former advocates of Western Imperialism; we break this down by giving Cuba nuclear technology, cooperation between the two countries is strong in the squo. Ahmadinejad, 2011 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, “President in a meeting with Cuban Vice President:‘Iran, Cuba fighting at the same front against Imperialism’” The Islamic Republic of Iran Foreign Meetings, 27 June 2011, http://www.president.ir/en/28786/printable CGilbert
President at a meeting with Cuban Vice President on Sunday…
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…prevent close cooperation between Tehran and Havana, but their efforts are doomed.
This is key to prevent a diplomatic failure in Iran; failure here forces Iran to provoke Israel to use force, this ends the world as we know it. The Standard, 2008 The Standard “Israel, Iran nuclear war endangers us all,” Published May 7, 2008, http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143989584andcid=16andj=2008andm=7andd=12
The world is on a hair-trigger alert. If the trigger were pulled, …
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…bring about the destruction of mankind any more than the discovery of matches."
Advantage Two is Civilian Nuclear Technology
Civilian nuclear energy in Cuba was on the rise until its abrupt cancellation in 1992. Currently civilian nuclear energy is not available. Boyd, 2005 Aleksander Boyd, Hugo Chavez's nuclear dreams and other revolutionary jokes, http://vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200505260908, 26 May 2005 CGilbert
At the end of the 1970s, Cuba decided to establish the infrastructure required …
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…despite the interest that they had shown.
Cuba is currently facing as food shortage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Suarez, 2013 Magaly Norvis Otero Suárez is a reporter for Hablemos Press, an independent news agency in Cuba, “Eastern Cuba Hit by Food Shortages,” 14 March 2013, http://iwpr.net/report-news/eastern-cuba-hit-food-shortages Cgilbert
Foodstuffs are in short supply in Santiago de Cuba Province in the far southeast of Cuba…
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…there were not enough vehicles to transport it to provinces that needed it. (See Farm Produce Goes to Waste in Cuba on food storage problems generally.)
Nuclear technology is critical to improving food quality and removing dangerous pathogens from food sources. Raghunath, 2013 Pamela Raghunath is a correspondent for GulfNews.com, “Nuclear Technology vital to boost food production, say nuclear scientists,” 7 August 2013, http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/nuclear-technology-vital-to-boost-food-production-say-nuclear-scientists-1.1217903 Cgilbert
The research centre in Trombay has developed varieties groundnut, mustard…
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…food irradiation and private entrepreneurs getting interested in setting up radiation processing plants.”
Famine causes extinction. Plumb, 2008 George Plumb, Environmental Activist, “Was Malthus just off a few decades?” 5/18/2008, http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI D=/20080518/FEATURES05/805180310/1014/FEATURES05
Once again the world's food situation is bleak. According to …
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…failing states will likely increase dramatically, threatening the very stability of civilization itself."