File Name - Tournament G’Hill 2K10

1NC North Korean War Turn

Turn: US Presence is key to contain an eventual North Korean regime collapse and Loose Nukes

Mainchini Daily Newspaper, 2k10

(Mainchini Daily Newspaper "U.S. commander reveals true purpose of troops in Okinawa is to remove N. Korea’s
nukes" http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100401p2a00m0na016000c.html)
The commander of U.S. …., but it remains unclear.
Inability contain North Korean Loose nukes leads to nuclear terrorism, unraveling of the NPT,
and Nuclear War

Regehr, 2k6
(Ernie Regehr Ernie Regehr is a founder and former Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, and currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor. He
is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, and a Fellow at
the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Ernie has served as an NGO representative and expert advisor on numerous Government of
Canada delegations to multilateral disarmament forums. His publications include books, monographs, policy papers, parliamentary briefs, op-eds,
and the blog, Disarming Conflict. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and awards include the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of
Canada Medal, the World Peace Award of the World Federalist Movement-Canada, and the Arthur Kroeger College Award for Ethics in Public
Affairs. October 2006 "Responding to the North Korean bomb" http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Briefings/brf066.pdf)
While the defiance of international …, undermining restraint and ushering in a new nuclear arms race.
2NC North Korea Turn Overview

They independently unravel the nonproliferation regime causing a nuclear arms race that
undermines the NPT z- impact is extinction
MUELLER (Prof International Relations at Univ. Frankfurt) 01
[Harald, “The Future of Arms Control”, Nuclear Weapons: A New Great Debate //wyo-tjc]
Globally, non-proliferation or prohibition …. majority can then be directed.

And we only need to win a risk of collapse and its gameover

Knight Ridder 3-10-2K (“Top administration officials warn stakes for U.S. are high in Asian conflicts”)
Few if any experts think China … security mechanism in place. There are elements for potential disaster."

2NC Regime Collapse Inevitable (1/2)

North Korea collapse is inevitable- multiple factors

1) Currency Reform
2) Power Struggle
3) Spread of Information
4) China Unwillingness

Chosen, 2k10
(Japanese Newspaper "Talk of N.Korean Collapse Rekindled by Currency Reform Fallout"
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/01/2010050100371.html)
For the first … out its neighbor.

And collapse is inevitable- multiple experts agree

Ramstad, 2k10
(Evan Ramstad is the Korean correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. "North Korea Strains Under New
Pressures " http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052702304434404575149520133311894.html)
SEOUL—North Korea's authoritarian … there are greater and greater constraints on it."

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2NC Link Extension: Okinawa

The forces main purpose is to contain North Korean loose nukes

RiaNovosti, 2k10
("N.Korea's nuclear arms main focus of U.S. marines in Pacific - media"
http://en.rian.ru/world/20100401/158389935.htm)l
A U.S. military commander …, KBS World, said.

And Japanese bases are part of US strategy to contain North Korean Weapons

BusinessGhana.com, 2k10
("U.S. confident of U.S. bases in Japan to counter N. Korean threats: Pentagon"
http://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&id=132421)
The United States is … kidnapped and with incursions into their territory."
2NC Link Extension: Okinawa

Marines main purpose is to ensure control over nuclear weapons

Asashi, 2k10
("In a fight, what would Marines in Okinawa do?" http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201005230200.html)
Ken Jimbo, an associate professor at Keio … do during a conflict, they also cannot judge what an appropriate force level would be.

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