Actually IMO the obvious one would be Mexico. Police are corrupt, bribable or scared (or all three), plenty of gangs, entry into the country should be reasonably easy. And I doubt they're heavily on the watch for terrorists.
After that they're very close to US airspace so taking a flight bound for (say) NY and aiming for somewhere like Houston, LA, or Las Vegas (now there's a worthy symbol of decadence) should give not much time to react and leave plenty of fuel.
Cuba would be a bad pick. They're heavily policed from inside and out, I don't believe the state would connive still less cooperate, and I'd imagine the airspace from there to the US is very heavily monitored: and I would guess there aren't even direct flights anyway.
Same probably applies to Venezuela: I can see Chavez turning a blind eye, or simply not having any security in place, but it's a long way off and I don't know if there are many such flights.
Pakistan? Well, the plane would have no fuel left, but it could be carrying anything, with any number of possible suspects. That's a failing state and IMO in a few years will be a rogue state to dwarf Somalia, never mind Afghanistan. In no small part thanks to our (US/UK) policies in the last few years.
<edit> And how would Obama deal with them?
In the case of Mexico, I don't know that there would be much if any time to deal with a jet hijack/suicide scenario. "Best" case is that the plane gets shot down or taken down by the passengers themselves... I'm not so sanguine about either.
Pakistan? Assuming a plane with a nuke came over? I don't like the idea of war with them... too, too destabilising. But occupation would make Iraq seem like a pleasure cruise.
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