As Panetta asked the Zionist entity for patience on Iran, Netanyahu said that time was running, stressing that the strategy of patience and non military actions was failing

As US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked the Zionist entity for patience on Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that time was running, stressing that the strategy of patience and non military actions was failing.

Netanyahu dismissed Panetta's assurances that the United States shared its goal of a non-nuclear Iran, saying the central features of Washington's strategy for stopping the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions were perilously close to failure.

Netanyahu did not explicitly threaten to attack Iran, but that was the unspoken implication of his assertion that all non-military measures have proven ineffective in persuading Iran to change its course.

"Right now the Iranian regime believes that the international community does not have the will to stop its nuclear program," Netanyahu said. "This must change, and it must change quickly because time to resolve this issue peacefully is running out."

For his part, Panetta tried to reassure the Zionist entity that the US would not allow nuclear Iran.
“I want to reassert again the position of the United States that with regards to Iran, we will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. Period," the Pentagon chief said. "We will not allow them to develop a nuclear weapon. And we will exert all options in the effort to ensure that that does not happen."

Panetta argued that all non-military means of pressuring Iran must first be exhausted before military action is called for. He said repeatedly that Washington still considers military action an option for the future.

Netanyahu said sanctions have hurt Iran's economy but not achieved their purpose.
"Neither sanctions nor diplomacy has yet had any impact on Iran's nuclear weapons program," he said.

"America and Israel have also made clear that all options are on the table. You yourself said a few months ago that when all else fails, America will act," Netanyahu said, referring to statements by Panetta. "But these declarations have also not yet convinced the Iranians to stop their program.