Yes, we can.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by ISM

scaeagles, have you drunk the kool-aid, or was that a legitimate error on your part? Because otherwise, it stinks of the same misleading crap Republicans love to spread like the manure it is.

The exact quote of Obama is this -

Originally Posted by Obama

Iran, Cuba, Venezuela? These countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose any serious threat to us

Comparison is part. The other is clearly a statment that they don't post "any serious threat". I actually regard Iran as a larger threat. The Soviet Union didn't want to get nuked and they weren't state sponsors of terrorists, and were not inclined to give nukes to terrorists. So no koolaid. No misleading. It is what he said.

In fact, what he said was ridiculous enough that he has hed to try to emphasize a completely different point of view since then, stressing they are a "grave threat".