From WNYC in New York, this is NPR's on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

This was President Bush last February on the global security threat posed by a nuclear Iran.

And I believe in Iran with a nuclear weapon would be very dangerous for world peace

and have worked with other nations of like mind.

That, of course, was 10 months ago,

long before the release on Monday of a new national intelligence estimate,

concluding that Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons program

in 2003.

The news was good,

but not necessarily if you're determined

to keep voters on constant alert for the unthinkable.

It's awkward to keep crying wolf only to produce a couple of yappy Pomeranians.

Surely the president would have to pull back on the rhetoric,

which not long ago had him imagining World War III.

Here he was on Tuesday.

Iran was dangerous.

Iran is dangerous.

And Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.

Whatever.

That's his story and he's sticking to it.

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