U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday indirectly confirmed recent remarks by the Ambassador to Israel that the U.S. is �ready from a military perspective�� to stop Iran from making a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails.
The U.S. and members of the United Nations Security Council recently met in Baghdad for talks about Iran�s suspected nuclear weapon program. Iran denies it has military intentions but has called for the destruction of Israel.
�We have plans to be able to implement any contingency we have to in order to defend ourselves,�� Panetta said on ABC�s This Week. Earlier, Panetta said, �The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.��
Panetta defended the U.S. military�s use of drones to kill terrorists, resulting in some civilian casualties, calling them �one of the most precise weapons that we have in our arsenal.��
He also insisted that the administration did not share any �inappropriate�� details with filmmakers making a movie about Osama bin Laden, despite criticism from members of Congress.
Panetta also condemned Pakistan for sentencing a doctor to prison for helping the U.S. hunt down terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
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