And over at the Washington Times, Jeffrey Kuhner asks an incredible question (October 4, 2009):

“Mr. Ahmadinejad insists Tehran only wants atomic energy for “peaceful purposes.” Yet, he cannot answer one simple question: Why does a country with the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves and third-largest oil supply need domestic nuclear power?

The answer, Mr. Kuhner, is to avoid the fate of Iraq.