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PURCHASE AND DOWNLOAD RIGHT NOW!! Big Sky Debate is pleased to release its Fall 2010 UIL Lincoln-Douglas Debate resources on American exceptionalism!  The resolution, released by the UIL is:

RESOLVED: U.S. foreign policy ought to be guided by American exceptionalism.

The index for our resources appears below the fold.

Have a great season!!  Our UIL LD Resources for Fall 2010 are just $35!

WHAT IS EXCEPTIONALISM?   
AFFIRMATIVE   

• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS JUSTIFIED   
• AMERICA IS AN EXCEPTIONAL NATION   
• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM = PROMOTION OF FREEDOM   
• CRITICS OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM ARE WRONG   
• AMERICAN POWER IS NOT IN DECLINE   
• INEVITABLE DECLINE OF AMERICAN POWER DOES NOT JUSTIFY DECREASING IT   
• A MULTIPOLAR WORLD IS NOT INEVITABLE   
• SMALL CHANGES CAN COLLAPSE AMERICAN PRIMACY   
• THE US MUST MAINTAIN ITS POSITION IN AFGHANISTAN   
• THE US MUST MAINTAIN ITS POSITION IN IRAQ   
• FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PRIMACY WILL CEDE POWER TO CHINA   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY PROMOTES PEACE/PREVENTS VIOLENCE AND WAR   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY PRESERVES NATIONAL SECURITY   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY PROMOTES ECONOMIC GROWTH   
• OTHER NATIONS WILL NOT BALANCE AGAINST AMERICAN POWER   
• OFFSHORE BALANCING WEAKENS THE UNITED STATES   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY IS NOT ISOLATING   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY IS DESIRED BY OTHER NATIONS   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT JOIN THE ICC   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT RATIFY THE CTBT   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT SIGN THE OTTAWA TREATY/BAN LANDMINES   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT SIGN THE CEDAW   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT SIGN THE LOST   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT WEAKEN ITS NUCLEAR DETERRENT   

NEGATIVE   

• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM ALIENATES THE REST OF THE WORLD   
• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS NOT ABOUT PROMOTION OF FREEDOM   
• AMERICAN EXEMPTIONALISM UNDERMINES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES   
• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM UNDERMINES NATIONAL SECURITY   
• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM UNDERMINES RIGHTS   
• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM NOT PREMISED ON CONSTITUTION   
• AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS A DANGEROUS IDEOLOGY   
• AMERICAN POWER IS IN DECLINE   
• AMERICAN POWER IS IN DECLINE (ECONOMICS)   
• A MULTIPOLAR WORLD IS INEVITABLE   
• CHINA IS NOT A THREAT   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY LEADS TO BACKLASH/BALANCING   
• AFGHANISTAN/IRAQ ARE NOT CRITICAL TO AMERICAN PRIMACY   
• THE UNITED STATES MUST COOPERATE WITH OTHER NATIONS   
• OFFSHORE BALANCING ENSURES AMERICAN SECURITY   
• PRIMACY IS NOT NECESSARY FOR AMERICAN SECURITY   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY INCREASES CONFLICT WITH CHINA   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY INCREASES TERRORISM AGAINST THE US   
• AMERICAN PRIMACY ISOLATES IT   
• A/T: AMERICAN PRIMACY IS BENIGN   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD JOIN THE ICC   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD RATIFY THE CTBT   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD SIGN THE OTTAWA TREATY   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD RATIFY THE CEDAW   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD SIGN THE LOST   
• THE UNITED STATES SHOULD REDUCE ITS NUCLEAR DETERRENT