No, you can stop right there my friend. Russia is the same threat now as it was then. Even if their military isn't what people thought it was, they still have the most nukes in the world pointed at us, and their doctrine has not changed at all (it's just now been re revealed).
To even say they they weren't a threat wasn't wise as if Putin was watching he would have said sing it sister, yeah we aren't a threat to you at all just go on thinking that. He probably cast his absentee ballot for Mr. Obama the next day.
Russia is, and was trying to defeat us thru any means available, behind the scenes or thru overt, oblique, military action the day Putin came on the scene . His comment did in fact show extreme naivete'.
Both of those mafia run states have plans to take over the world. Russia is just more blunt force to the knee cap, and China's more subtle about it.
The posts from Dahobbs about Russia joining NATO while Pollyanna, and all nice, and I'd love for the Russian people to wake up from over 1,000 years of total non democratic rule (it ain't happening g right now at least). His wish is not much different in ignorance than Mr. Obamas statement back then.
Russia has been, and continues to be an authoritative, oppressive state since before the US was even a colony. Their goal since Lenin came to power was world domination, and it's still a fantasy of theirs, and hadn't ceased to be (the Yeltsin years not withstanding) when Mr. Obama made that comment.