Iran's nuclear activities are "transparent, peaceful and under the watchful eye" of United Nations inspectors, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.   He reiterated his nation's commitment to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as it faces accusations that it is seeking to develop atomic weapons.   The Iranian leader also had harsh words about U.S. efforts in Iraq, saying "the occupiers are incapable of establishing security in Iraq" and every day hundreds of people get killed "in cold blood."

Many argued that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should not have been allowed to speak to the  General Assembly of the United Nations.  Despite this debate, Mr. Ahmadinejad did speak just hours before President Bush spoke to the U.N. General Assembly.  I believe that he should have the right to speak due to the fact that this is the reason the U.N. was setup.  Its purpose is give a voice to any country that is a member of the U.N.

The main question is what are we to do about Iran's nuclear program.  There has been talks about invoking economic sanctions or even pre-emptive strikes against Iran.  Before you draw any conclusion, lets attempt to get the facts straight.  The Iranian nuclear program was originally started in the 1950s with the help of the U.S. in an effort for Iran to develop nuclear technology.  The Iranian government asserts that the program's only goal is to develop the capacity for peaceful nuclear power generation. 

As of present day, there is no evidence to think that Iran is developing their nuclear program for any other purpose than for power generation regardless from what you may have heard from President Bush.  Until we can gather evidence that Iran is developing their nuclear program in order to produce nuclear weapons, we should allow them to make a peaceful energy source for their country. 

If later we discover that Ahmadinejad was lying, then lets take the appropriate actions against them.  By appropriate actions I do not mean lets invade Iran and turn this into the new Iraq war.  First we need to have direct talks with Ahmadinejad even thought the President vowed to never speak with him.  If direct talks don't work then economic sanctions brought on by the United Nations should be enforced.  If that doesn't work and we absolutely must go to war with Iran, it needs to be fought 35,000 feet above with precision guided bombing.  Only take out what is necessary and by that I mean the facilities that are producing the nuclear weapons.  There is no need to harm any more innocent people than what is really necessary.  Lets give them forewarning that we are going to attack in order to give the innocent time to get out and still allow us to take out the targets that need to be.

Is it scary that in the future Iran could have the technology to produce nuclear weapons that could possible destroy the U.S.?  You bet it is.  There is no feeling worse than to be scared in your own homeland.  Until we can prove that Iran is producing nuclear weapons, and there are ways, there is no need for anyone to start jumping to conclusion and perform actions that don't need to be taken.  Lets keep this peaceful until the threat really exists.