Patrick Clawson
Earlier today, we did a post on neocons inciting war with Iran that featured quotes from Patrick Clawson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, formerly a branch of the Israel lobby group AIPAC. Well Clawson had better put a sock in it, and quick, because now he’s given away the neocons’ game plan. From Laura Rozen’s piece on the negotiations:
Patrick Clawson, deputy director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in an interview with Yahoo News Tuesday… said he didn’t think prospects for a deal look promising.
“I think it’s heading towards confrontation,” Clawson said. “The whole point from the beginning is if we put pressure on the regime, the Iranians will crack at some point.”
So far, at least, there’s little sign the strategy is yielding the desired result. The Iranians to date have responded to the prospect of the tightened financial sanctions on the country’s oil sector with an announcement of the launching of operations at the fortified, underground Fordo nuclear enrichment facility–together with sporadic threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. So why isn’t that a sign that the U.S. strategy is failing?
“It’s a lot better to have a fight” that Iran provokes, Clawson replied, before adding: “Better to enter World War II after Pearl Harbor, and World War I after the sinking of the Lusitania.”
Of course the american lunatics ARE provoking a peaceful country Iran.
They use all their efforts for Iran to strike first. The point is to engage in a war no matter what, no matter what cost The american corrupted elitists aim to start the big war . They don’t care for America or American people, they just care for their own pockets and businesess. America will be destroyed if it engages in this war, if not physically, then for sure financially. The rich will become richer , the rest will be living on the 3rd world level.
But… for some the Earth holds too many people, so here is their chance of a massive population reducement.
Evil plan, evil masters, evil helpers.
Every war is a vicious giggle of Hell that celebrates its winning over a humankind.
PHIL- Thanks for providing this insider’s support for my comment on the “Israel likely killed Iranian scientist….” thread. Things are looking grim. It is difficult for people to acknowledge and deal with the reality that our greatest danger lies with the people who rule over us. And these are the people you rely on to perform a “humanitarian” intervention? Cast aside your illusions, my friend. We are under attack from above and need to keep a clear head.
A wonderful game of chicken. As to war, how is Las Vegas betting? Who’ll back down first? Neither? Lovely! Another war just when we needed one! (Oh dear, what will Ron Paul say if the war starts before he quits the primaries?)
The downside of a provocative foreign policy: http://rationalrevolution.net/war/fdr_provoked_the_japanese_attack.htm .
ding ding ding!
Now we are getting somewhere. The pearl harbor analogy is interesting here, because the role of Japan isn’t being played by Iran, its being played by China. The US certainly wants Iran “in the fold” as it were, but it’s even more interested in controlling development in central and south asia and africa ( and elsewhere, of course) and the sea lanes that carry materials etc — The new Obama plans for Asia lay this out pretty well.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/12/the-next-war-on-washington%E2%80%99s-agenda/
…..”to deter or slow China’s rise as a military and economic power by controlling China’s access to energy. It was China’s oil investments in eastern Libya that led to the sudden move against Libya by the US and its NATO puppets, and it is China’s oil investments elsewhere in Africa that resulted in the Bush regime’s creation of the United States Africa Command, designed to counter China’s economic influence with US military influence. China has significant energy investments in Iran, and a substantial percentage of China’s oil imports are from Iran. Depriving China of independent access to oil is Washington’s way of restraining and boxing in China”
In short, the “leaders” of our country are bat shit insane and should be exiled to St Helena….the whole article linked to above is worth the read…..