Readers of my previous post will note that I have said that the Decider doesn't have any options except to follow the proposal of The Iraq Study Group by engaging Iran and Syria in a dialogue.

Not so.

Thinking about it, I find that there must be a growing belief the Decider's bird brain that he must use

The Nuclear Option

What would it entail?  Well, rest assured that Iran's nuclear facilities are in the middle of population centers.  So, it would entail perhaps a Hiroshima and a Nagasaki.

Benefits:

1) the Decider gets to think for a few moments that he will go down in history as the Leader Who Won the War on Terror

2) Israel gets to believe that the sin of half-way measures committed in their bombing of Beirut has been expiated

3) "moderate" Sunni governments such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan get to breathe easier with the knowledge that the threat of Iran has been eliminated

Risks:

1) 1), 2), and 3) above are bullshit.

2) Pakistan's nuclear weapons fall into the hands of Al Qaeda (no friend to "moderate" Sunni governments)

3) Iran's power is in no way diminished, unless you want to call the deaths of a million civilians as a dimishment of power

4) Oil becomes unobtainable in the Middle East as the government in Saudi Arabia falls, etc.