Failed Nations are a greater threat to the US than stable nations

My opponent did not define "threat" from the resolution and therefore I will define it as the ability to inflict damage. I will start with the rebuttal of my opponent's contentions and then move on to my negative position. ~Rebuttal~ My opponent's first point was that terrorism is a threat to the United States. I agree with this statement, however, just because terrorism is a threat does not mean it is a greater threat than others. My opponent offers no facts or statistics to prove that terrorism is a greater threat than a stable nation. And therefore, this contention should not flow across. My opponent's second contention states that piracy is a threat to the United States. However, pirates are rogue groups that are able to inflict little damage relative to what stable nations are capable and a threat of doing. Even Sweden or Norway, peaceful stable countries, poses a greater ability to inflict damage (my definition of threat) than Somalian pirates. And therefore this contention is invalidated. The third point was that North Korea poses a great threat to the US. According to my opponent's definition of stable nations, North Korea qualifies for all the characteristics. North Korea has control of its territory, has a strong government that makes collective decisions, and a definition of reasonable public services is vague and should not be applied. In addition, my opponent's definition of a failed nation includes loss of physical control of its own territory which obviously cannot apply to North Korea as their borders are enforced by their military and they have complete physical control of it. Therefore, this should not flow. My opponent's fourth contention was that stable nations have no reason to attack the United States. This may be true for some countries but this is not true for all countries. Also, according to the definition of threat, there is no reference to motive just a country's ability to inflict damage. Since this contention does not address the resolution it should not flow. ~Contentions~ Contention 1 Stable nations are a greater military threat to the United States. Russia, a stable nation, embodies a tremendous military threat to the United States. In 2007, Joe Katz of the University of Chicago reported that Russia's military contained one million men at arms and held seven thousand active nuclear warheads at its disposal. In addition, their potential military force was 20 million citizens. No failing nation has this manpower and ability to destruct. Therefore, stable nations are greater military threat to the United States. Contention 2 Stable nations have a larger threat on the economy of the United States. According to the BBC, China holds more US government debt than any other country in the world. In fact, China held $696.2 billion of American debt. Also, the United States' economy is reliant on China as the US imports their largest percentage of products from China. China holds the majority of the United States' debt and has become the most important trading partner for the US. This kind of reliance on a single country cannot be a good thing for the United States. History has shown that if one country relies on another so heavily for economic support that country is can be easily manipulated and controlled.