“A sheriff who spends months convincing gangsters that his gun is unloaded may suffer from a credibility deficit when he tells them to come out with their hands up or else.”

Frankly, I think Obama’s super-secret final option for dealing with the Iranians is a “Blazing Saddles Strategy.” Like Cleavon Little, he’ll simply point a pistol to his hand, alternately scream, “I’ll shoot him!” and “Help me!”…and manage to confuse the Iranians so much they’ll dumbly look at each other and mutter, “Whoa, better not shoot-that dude is serious.”