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|text=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. | |text=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. | ||
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In September 2012, Clawson suggested that the United States consider the use of "crisis initiation" as a way to provoke [[Iran]] into war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/top-researcher-suggests-israel-get-nastier-with-iran-sink-sub-illicit-false-flag-2012-9 |title=Lobbyist Says Israel Should Create A 'False Flag' To Start A War With Iran |author=Geoffrey Ingersoll and Michael Kelley |date=26 September 2012}}</ref> | In September 2012, Clawson suggested that the United States consider the use of "crisis initiation" as a way to provoke [[Iran]] into war.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/top-researcher-suggests-israel-get-nastier-with-iran-sink-sub-illicit-false-flag-2012-9 |title=Lobbyist Says Israel Should Create A 'False Flag' To Start A War With Iran |author=Geoffrey Ingersoll and Michael Kelley |date=26 September 2012}}</ref> | ||
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 Patrick Clawson    (economist, academic) | |
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| Born | March 30, 1951 |
| Member of | Washington Institute for Near East Policy |
Patrick Lyell Clawson is an American economist and Middle East scholar. He is currently the Director for Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and senior editor of Middle East Quarterly.
False flag
“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.”
Patrick Clawson (September 2012) [1]
In September 2012, Clawson suggested that the United States consider the use of "crisis initiation" as a way to provoke Iran into war.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/top-researcher-suggests-israel-get-nastier-with-iran-sink-sub-illicit-false-flag-2012-9 Business Insider
- ↑ Geoffrey Ingersoll and Michael Kelley (26 September 2012). "Lobbyist Says Israel Should Create A 'False Flag' To Start A War With Iran".Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
