[scaeagles]

I don't think i'm obtuse, nor did I try to mislead. I will consider the apology withdrawn.

I read it as Obama saying that Iran is not a serious threat. It is obvious that they are not a threat in the same way the USSR was and that is really not necessary to say. However, in describing them as tiny, he is saying that the threat they pose is being overstated. As I said, I think they are more of a threat than the USSR was because they sponsor terrorists. He is ignoring that completely and equating size with threat level, which I think is not wise. He also says clearly that they are not a serious threat, saying the the Soviets were. Their nuclear program is a serious threat primarily because of sponsorship of terrorism.

I was not intending to mislead or misquote.

I think his change of opinion on it shows how he realizes what he had said before was unwise. Now it is all about how Iran is a grave threat and how he will eliminate the threat that they pose, and how their nuclear program is uinacceptable. This is a complete change from them not being a serious threat.