Resolved: North Korea poses a much greater threat to United States National Security than Iran

First off I would like to say that I will argue that North Korea is just as important as Iran or more so, mainly more so. Opponents case: My opponents case has contentions so I will attack the tag lines which is the main points of the arguments. Contention 1: Iran has dangerously poor government policies This might be a true statement however this doesn't prove North Korea isn't an important conflict to focus on, and that they don't pose much of a threat. This debate is about which poses more of a threat, plain and simple as that. My opponent talks about government policies are not looked at and I'm sure they are looked at. Such as the nuclear program that Iran claims they have but my opponent over looks that North Korea claims to have nuclear weapons as well making them a threat to the U.S as well as Iran. (According to globalsecurity.org, Iran is currently in the process of expanding their nuclear horizons. Further evidence leads experts to believe that Iran is currently working on the production of nuclear weaponry. ) ---So is North Korea.--- (Iran is responsible for bribes such as these and it is prudent that we recognize the threats they pose to the United States. It is in the national interests of the United States to end the war on terror, and as long as Iran continues to support the Taliban, they are threatening this cause. In addition, I reiterate that investigations done on these bribes conclude that the payments made by Iran were incentives to weaken NATO involvement in the Middle East. (guardian.co.uk) It is not only in the interest of the security of our troops, but the overall endeavors of the United States to make political reform in the Middle East as smooth as possible. However it is the political policies of Iran that is degrading to such aspirations of the United States.) --- Agreed however not as dangerous as North Korea seeing how they are backed up by China which has a population of 6Billion people< if North Korea attacks us and we attack them we will have WWIII my dear friends with China and North Korea. Much more of a dangerous and volatile consequence. More so then some puny terrorist WWIII is a more dangerous option.--- Contention 2: Iran presents significantly greater threats of insurgence than Iran Objection! this is not as dangerous as North Korea seeing how they are backed up by China which has a population of 6Billion people< if North Korea attacks us and we attack them we will have WWIII --- I cross applied--- (As I have already established, the Iranian government has been responsible on multiple recent accounts of supporting terrorist groups such as the Taliban. Iran is supporting the very terrorists that assisted in the bombings of 9/11! The September eleventh bombings were a monumental domestic attack that challenged the national security of the United States and Iran continues to support this threat.) --- Seeing how Afghanistan also was apart of 9/11 since 3 of the people who hi/jacked the planes where Afghanistan's . so we should be there too hmmm..--- (The primary military objective that America faces right now is to end the war on terror and impose reform in the Middle East, however Iran is being counterproductive to this goal.) ----Objection!! this is not our goal, our goal is to seek peace and democracy as well as achieve national security if terrorist didn't mess with us then I'm sure we would have left them alone. Terrorism will never vanish seeing how we would have to get rid of religions all together with religions there will always be extermist to them. ---- (Insurgency is a large problem in Iran that poses and an incredible threat to the United States, however this is a threat that North Korea has already contained in their country. Because of an established government, Kim Jong Il has managed to maintain structure in his society thus minimizing instances of insurgencies. This is a key difference between North Korea and Iran; one supports Insurgencies, the other one prevents it.) ---So what, a WWIII is still a large threat compared to terrorist.--- Contention 3: Iran imposes a larger economic threat than North Korea (When comparing threats imposed by Iran and North Korea, we must also compare their economies. North Korea has a rather intimidating military; however their willingness to use it is also based on their economic status. According to cia.gov, North Koreas Gross domestic Product is only 40 billion dollars! Compare that to Iran's GPD which is currently over 853 billion dollars. Furthermore, The CIA world fact book places Iran as the 19th most economically stable country in the world. North Korea placed 98th. So when given the numbers, it becomes clear that Iran is the much more economically stable country, while North Korea is hurting.) --Yes how ever they are allies with china and china could easliy fund them for their war efforts as much as their own.-- (But even in this time of economic hurt, let's examine where north Korea is getting that 40 billion dollars from. According to cia.gov, 42% of North Korea's exports go to china, and 38% of North Korea's exports go to South Korea. Both of these nations are very close allies of the United States. (state.gov) so now we must ask ourselves, would North Korea really harm a country that has influence over 80% of their already minimal consumers? I don't think so.) --Objection!! this is not entirely true seeing how the U.S. owes China Trillions of dollars, what if China gets tired of wait? and North Korea Strikes South Korea? WWIII my friend; Then we all might speak Chinese.--- (Iran on the other hand is in a much more economically stable position, thus deeming them a larger economic threat. Not only is Iran the 19th most economically stable country in the world, (cia.gov) but Iran shares strong alliances with other powerful nations of the world including China, Russia, Germany, and France (rutgers.edu) whereas North Koreas only significant ally is china. (independent.co.uk) But what if china were forced to choose between the countries of Iran and North Korea? Well it becomes clear that china would show more support in Iran simply because they have a much better economy. In fact, as of 2010, Iran is the fourth largest exporter of oil (with china landing sixth). It would be unbeneficial for china to side with North Korea when the real money resides in Iran.) --- You say how Iran economy is so great and etc the only reason they are rich right now would be... you guessed it Oil, sorry to tell you this eventually Iran will cease to be rich when the land runs out of oil. Then you go to say how they have all these allies and etc, well so does North Korea they have China, and China has almost everyone in its pocket being one of the largest economic place of trade without China a lot of countrys would lose big bucks. Why do they need the U.S? we don't have the great economy we use to, why does the other countries need the U.S? its easy to see we are losing our super almighty powerful country postion. As well we are in a recession we are losing money we at the rate we are at now we would lose an all out frontal war. We have no advantage, as well you say China would support Iran simple question why would China support both and take us out? North Korea would be the cause of a WWIII i don't think we would even limp away from.---