The rogue states are obviously troublesome, as they were during previous administrations. Obama is hardly pretending that those problems don't exist. He mentioned yesterday that stronger economic sanctions against the Iranians (which he is seeking) might conceivably dissuade them from pursuing nukes, but, on the other hand, "Sanctions aren't a magic wand. Unfortunately, nothing in international relations is...Progress (on all these issues) will be halting. And sometimes we'll take one step forward and two steps back, and there will be frustrations. And so it's not going to run on the typical cable news 24/7 news cycle."