HT3986 boot camp has no option to put iso to external drive

I have no blank discs and want to put windows iso on my thumbdrive. When I get to the spot in boot camp assistant where I check that option, it is blank. See my picture example at the url. So how do I put the iso on the thumbdrive and install it to my mac.
http://i48.tinypic.com/2e23tqq.png

This is from Apple
You may be able to install Windows 7 with a USB flash drive that contains a Windows 7 ISO image downloaded from Microsoft. To check whether you can do so, open Boot Camp Assistant, click Continue, and see if the option “Create a Windows 7 install disk” is available.
So, as the option is not available you can't
Burn the iso to a disk.

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