Nope, I'm sorry he did not say "Iran wants nukes because they feel threatened." you are "doing the math" and inferring that. Saying "Iran wants nukes because they feel threatened by us." would be really stupid because Iran wants nukes for a million reasons and would want them even if the United States did not exist. Everybody knows that. What is debatable is whether we "have to understand their perspective, that they feel threatened."
I think we should know our enemies and we should try to understand them so that we can defeat them, or at least avoid being defeated. Since, and as Rand stated, it is inconceivable that Iran could ever defeat us we should understand them to avoid undesirable costs. We can always kick their butt but we may get poop on our boots. So, for once lets let nature take it's course. We should not appease them but we should not fix them either. It's a false dilemma.
I wish the Paul's could make the argument without sounding like limp wristed muddle headed pacifists which in my opinion they often do. But look at what the wars have cost us politically. The progressives are all but totally in power and we are getting the economic life sucked out of us!
From the video:
2:55 We don't want to say but I think the guy is a loose cannon. their President, but we have to understand their perspective, that they feel threatened.
Yes he did say it, why don’t you watch it again.
Or do you like being a Baghdad Bob style liar?