Pro-Israel Lobbyist Advocates Provoking Iranian War
Patrick Clawson, a lobbyist for the “pro-Israel” Washington Institute, is itching for war with Iran. He even went as far as advocating we provoke the Iranians into an attack. The following video was posted by the Washington Institute on Sept 24th, 2012.
“So, if in fact the Iranians aren’t going to compromise, it would be best if somebody else started the war.”
“It’s very hard for me to see how the United States … uh … President can get us to war with Iran.”
As a consequence, Clawson said he was led to conclude that “the traditional way [that] America gets to war is what would be best for US interests.”
Intriguingly, he went on to recount a series of controversial incidents in American history — the attack on Pearl Harbor, the sinking of the Lusitania, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and the blowing up of the USS Maine — that US presidents “had to wait for” before taking America to war.
“And may I point out that Mr. Lincoln did not feel he could call out the federal army until Fort Sumter was attacked,” Clawson continued, “which is why he ordered the commander at Fort Sumter to do exactly that thing which the South Carolinians had said would cause an attack.” (Source: TNSONSOFLIBERTY)
Clearly, Mr. Clawson is not in favor of the concept of Christian Just War. Here is the full video. (The insane comments start flowing after the one hour mark.)