Lobbyist
Says Israel Should Create A 'False Flag' To Start A War With Iran
26 September, 2012
Israel
is conducting massive " snap-training" exercises.
The
U.S. is doing unprecedented naval mine clearing evolutions.
Iran
is launching anti-ship missiles and submarines.
Now
is the time that a small provocation could lead to a full-blown war.
And
Patrick Clawson, Director of Research at Washington Institute Of Near
East Policy (WINEP), has suggested that someone should fabricate that
small provocation.
Speaking
at the WINEP policy forum luncheon on "How to Build US-Israeli
Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout," Clawson
(ironically) said that " if, in fact, the Iranians aren't going
to compromise, it would be best if someone else started the war."
Before
that Clawson listed all the conflicts in which the U.S. didn't become
involved until they were attacked, emphasizing that a false flag was
needed each time for conflict to be initiated.
Here's
more from Clawson:
One
can combine other means of pressure with sanctions. I mentioned that
explosion on August 17th. We could step up the pressure. I mean look
people, Iranian submarines periodically go down, some day one of them
might not come up, who would know why? We can do a variety of things
if we wish to increase the pressure...We are in the game of using
covert means against the Iranians. We could get nastier.
WINEP
is a "key organization in the Israel lobby" that was
founded in 1985 by leading members of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to "provide a seemingly 'objective'
research organization to provide consistently 'pro-Israel' analysis
and commentary," according to Harvard professor of International
Affairs Steven M. Walt ( h/t Firedoglake).
Former
AIPAC staffer MJ Rosenberg was reportedly in the room when WINEP was
founded and described the organization as "an AIPAC controlled
think-tank that would disseminate the AIPAC line but in a way that
would disguise its connections."
Clawson
didn't disguise much. Here's the video:
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