Obama: Friends Of Israel Better Read The Fine Print

My friend Noah Pollak expresses relief in the Commentary blog that President Obama has

endorse[d] the idea that the Iranian program poses an existential threat to Israel ....

Not so fast. That's not what the president said. He said:

I understand very clearly that Israel considers Iran an existential threat, and given some of the statements that have been made by President Ahmadinejad, you can understand why.

There is a big difference between saying: "I understand why you feel that way" and endorsing the correctness of those feelings. Obama went to some effort to avoid such an endorsement, and friends of Israel should take notice.