Well of course Iran only has the energy needs of it’s own people at heart when pursuing nuclear weapons.
They were just kidding when they said this:

Nuclear Weapons – Iranian Statements
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/nuke2.htm

Hashemi Rafsanjani, president of Iran from 1989 to 1997, gave a speech on 14 December 2001 that was widely interpreted as indicating that Iran was seeking nuclear weapons as a deterrent to Israel. Calling the establishment of Israel among the worst periods of our contemporary history, Rafsanjani stated that, “If one day, the Islamic world is also equipped with weapons like those that Israel possesses now, then the imperialists’ strategy will reach a standstill because the use of even one nuclear bomb inside Israel will destroy everything. However, it will only harm the Islamic world. It is not irrational to contemplate such an eventuality.

or this:

Rafsanjani spoke at the Qods Day (Jerusalem Day) rallies, which are held on the last Friday of Ramadan, and in 2001 fell on 14 December. “You should make the world understand that Israel is the oppressor and that Israel must be destroyed,” Ayatollah Ali Meshkini said during the nationally televised 8 December Friday Prayers in Qom.

The Russians also know Iran is pursing nuclear armament,not
clean,efficient energy:

Russian Military Expert Warns Of Iranian Threat

Russia and the West would be making a big mistake if they ignored or underestimated the potential missile and nuclear threat coming from Iran, a Russian military expert said on Thursday.

“One can speak of one or two years,” Vladimir Dvorkin, a retired general and veteran participant in US-Soviet disarmament talks in the 1970s and 1980s, told reporters when asked how close Iran was to having a nuclear weapon.

I am not sure what Obama is confused about considering his own CIA director has stated that Iran is pursuing the bomb:

Obama’s nominee to serve as CIA director, Leon E. Panetta, left little doubt about his view last week when he testified on Capitol Hill. “From all the information I’ve seen,” Panetta said, “I think there is no question that they are seeking that capability.“

The language reflects the extent to which senior U.S. officials now discount a National Intelligence Estimate issued in November 2007 that was instrumental in derailing U.S. and European efforts to pressure Iran to shut down its nuclear program.

Of course how will we know it we can’t even verify “all” of their nuclear sites for inspection:

posted at 2:10 pm on January 27, 2009 by Allahpundit
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/01/27/good-news-iran-to-be-nuke-capable-this-year-says-think-tank/

The public version made only glancing reference to evidence described at great length in the 140-page classified version of the assessment: the suspicion that Iran had 10 or 15 other nuclear-related facilities, never opened to international inspectors, where enrichment activity, weapons work or the manufacturing of centrifuges might be taking place.

Iranian apologist like to point to the fact that Iran is sending it’s spent fuel to Russia under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Problem is they refused to sign this part (Program 93 + 2, which was designed to prevent states from developing nuclear weapons covertly,)
Remember that Iraq was easily able to avoid detection and subvert these types of inspections.
Iraq was also heavily armed and supplied by the Russians during the supposed “sanctions” that were imposed on them.
Is this who Obama is expecting us to take the word of in claiming Iran is not seeking the bomb?

To even presume or state that Iran’s nuclear ambitions are for anything other than nuclear armament is naive and blatantly ignorant.
Obama seems to think that negotiating from a submissive position is somehow going to win over people who are he!! bent on killing anyone who does not share their religious beliefs.
This only works in theology classrooms and coffee shops.
It will get a tremendous amount of people killed in the real world.

Baxter Greene on June 2, 2009 at 5:31 PM