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		vacri on Jan 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from... You misread me. Germans are safe from their immediate neighbours. Iranians are not. I'm not surprised that Iranians don't see the US as the most threatening thing around, especially given an unstable Pakistan with nuclear capabilities is right next door.

thaumasiotes on Jan 29, 2014 [–]

You misinterpreted the original comment. Read it as

> even Germans consider [that] the US [is] a bigger threat than Iran [is].

not

> even Germans consider the US [to be] a bigger threat than Iran [does].

Nobody's made any claims about what Iranians think.

vacri on Jan 29, 2014 | [–]

Ugh, I did. mea culpa, sorry.

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