Ahmadinejad would sacrifice half of Iran for the sake of eliminating Israel.

Giora Eiland, Israel's former national security adviser, has an excellent analysis of options available to the west in dealing with Iran. However, he warns that Ahmadinejad "would sacrifice half of Iran for the sake of eliminating Israel." and all of the options are bad.

According to the Jerusalem Post, he states:

1. Isolating Iran economically, politically and internationally in the hope that this will eventually prompt an internal push for regime change.
2. Launch a last-ditch effort at diplomatic action.
3. Military operation - born of the sense that the diplomatic process would not work

All of these options are thwart with peril according to Giora Eiland. For the entire article, click here.