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

I stand here in the firmest affirmation that failed nations are a greater threat to the U.S. than stable nations. First I'd like to define some key terms. According to the 2009 fund for peace a failing nation has charicteristics such as -loss of physical control of its own territory -inability to make collective decisions -inability to provide reasonable public services -extensive corruption -un even development -demographic pressures and many more A stable nation is not the exact opposite of a failed nation but quite close, therefore: -having control of its territory -a strong government that can make collective decisions -provides reasonable public services and so on I would also like to point out that it is nearly impossible to define every nation as either a failed nation or a stable nation. There are so many factors that go into describing failed vs stable. But of course there are the obvious nations that can be catagorized. Nations like Somalia, and America. I'm pro on this resolution because of terrorism, piracy and power obtained by corrupt dictators. Terrorism has been prevelent for many years and is still in effect today. The most well know act of terrorism was 9/11 the whole crime was organized in Afghanistan, a failed nation. Al qaeda may not be a nation or a state but they do control a large portion of Pakistan. Also nations like pakistan are a great breeding ground for terrorism because government has such little control it is easier for terrorist groups to plot attacks against their democratic enemies, like the U.S. Their reasons to attack is based off hatred of Democracy. Failed nations are not only an easy breeding ground for groups like the taliban and al Qaeda they also hold many modern day pirates. Piracy has become far more prevelant in today's society. Fox News reports on the most recent act of piracy in April 2009. Captain Richard Phillips was held hostage by somalian pirates. The pirates were armed with pistols and AK 47's. Luckily the hostage was saved but Jamac Habab a 30 year old somalian pirate stated "from now on if we capture foreign ships and their respective countires try to attack us we will kill the hostages" This has made it extremely dangerous for America to send ships to the eastern coast of Africa safely. These pirates have dozens of ships and hundreds of crew members. Sine somalia is a failing state and is inable to proviede their citizens with basic commodaties for the social welfare of the people in order to survive, citizens become pirates in order to survive. North Korea is an arguably failed state, they are the 17th most failed nation out of a list of 177 and it is a great threat to the U.S. Its not just stable nations that have nuclear weapons North Korea has weapons too and they are more likely to use them unlike stable nations. North Korea often launces test missles in order to threaten the rest of the world their country is run by an unstable dictator who is upset easily. Corrupt dictators dont come into power unless a nation is failed or at risk of failing. This has been showed many times throughout history in countries like, Russia, Germany and now North Korea. Stable nations may have more nuclear weapons but they do not have any reason to attack the United States. Nations like France have many nuclear weapons yet they have no reason to attack us because they are a peaceful stable nation, Great Brittan has many nuclear weapons as well but they do not use them, nor do they plan to use them because they choose to be peaceful methods. Many of the Stable nations are democratic nations therefore they would not want to attack us because of hatred of Democracy. Stable nations also have access to social welfare and have many resources so they have no reason to attack us for resources Therefore stable nations do not pose much of a threat and failed nations pose a great threat.