that red line before them now, before it s too late. that was the point that i was making. as a prime minister of israel, has iran crossed your red line? well, the way i would say it, david, is they are in the red zone. you know, they are in the last 20 yards. and you can t let them cross that goal line. you can t let them score a touchdown because that would have unbelievable consequences, grievous consequences, for the peace and security of us all. for the world really. that seems to be a newer development from your way of thinking, that they are now in a red zone. and to use the sports metaphor, you won t let them cross the goal line. is israel closer to taking action into its own hands? we always reserve the right
bomb, i think you have to place that red line before them now, before it s too late. that was the point that i was making. as a prime minister of israel, has iran crossed your red line? well, the way i would say it, david, is they are in the red zone. you know, they are in the last 20 yards. and you can t let them cross that goal line. you can t let them score a touchdown because that would have unbelievable consequences, grievous consequences, for the peace and security of us all. for the world really. that seems to be a newer development from your way of thinking, that they are now in a red zone. and to use the sports metaphor, you won t let them cross the goal line. is israel closer to taking action into its own hands?
so yes, we can put more marines on temporary basis but the libyan government has to say we need and declare we re going to do more to protect the american people. if we can t protect our diplomats and service men it s going to call into question why we re going to be there. any country where we are, once the security the united states provides, once the prosperity we help to generate and for us to leave puts them in greater jeopardy for the future. we need their help and not simply ask them to sit by idly while that kind of provocation goes unchecked. and finally, israel, the u.s. and israel, here s prime minister netanyahu putting a precise timetable on when he thinks iran crosses into the danger joan. six months away for having the enriched uranium. i think you have to place that red line before them now, before it s it too late. they re in the red zone.
from the obama administration. and now, rick is live in jerusalem. binyamin netanyahu not backing off the challenge to the president over iran. reporter: right. he is using a football metaphor on sunday to reach the american people by suggesting iran is in the red zone and close to scoring a nuclear weapon and if the united states will not stop iran, israel will. the prime minister binyamin netanyahu says by the middle of next year, iran will be 90 percent of the way toward enough enriched uranium to make an atom bomb. tee wants them to abandon the program or else. they are in the red zone, in the last 20 yards. you cannot let them cross that goal line. you cannot let them score a touchdown. that would have unbelievable consequences, grievous
and president obam s view is, we will do what it takes, but before we resort to the use of force, let us be sure that we have exhausted another mean, including sanctions, pressure and diplomacy. reporter: ever a week of talking about red lines, israel s prime minister reiterated that in his view, it might be dangerous to wait around until iran already has a working nuclear weapon. we re in the red zone. we are in the last 20 yards. you can t let them cross the goalline and score a touchdown because that would have unbelievable consequence, grievous convince consequences for the peace and security of us all, of the world, really. reporter: iran s top commandyrer in the revolutionary guard said that if israel preemptively strikes against their nuclear program, they will defend themselves and make sure that, quote, nothing will remain of israel.