In a recent insider speech before the powerful pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), Patrick Clawson suggested that a false flag incident be used to get the U.S. to attack Iran.

Clawson is a pro-Israel Middle East psuedo-analyst who often appears as a "pundit" on television news broadcasts; WINEP is a spinoff of the major Washington DC lobbying organization, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, who has failed to report on Clawson's startling remarks, used to work for WINEP. Before that Blitzer was "the voice of Israel," appearing on US TV and radio broadcasts to promote Israeli interests.

According to his official bio, Patrick Clawson "is a widely published writer and media commentator, he has authored more than seventy articles about the Middle East and international economics as well as twelve books or studies on Iran. He appears frequently on television and radio, and has published op-ed articles in major newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post."

Clawson has testified before congressional committees more than twenty times and has served as an expert witness in more than a dozen federal cases. Before joining The Washington Institute, he was at the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

The Israel lobby has been pushing for a war against Iran for many years.

For example, the Jewish Federation of New Jersey has a page with action items and resources, including a paper by Clawson, for its members to use against Iran.

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Clawson was brought to speak on "A Nuclear Iran: A Threat to Humanity."  The sponsoring organizations were the Community and Public Affairs Council of the United Jewish Federation; American Israel Public Affairs Committee; Anti-Defamation League; Bnai Zion, Pittsburgh Region; Greater Pittsburgh Rabbinic Association; Hadassah, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter; Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation; Pittsburgh Persian Gulf Initiative; Pittsburgh Chapter American Jewish Committee; Scholars for Peace in the Middle East; and Zionist Organization of America, Pittsburgh District.

For more information on Clawson and his fellow neocons see The Pentagon's Dynamic Duo: Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, and Saudi Bashing: Who's Behind it and Why? For a video of the full WINEP program see Israel lobbyist hints that ‘Pearl Harbor’ may be needed to get US into war with Iran [VIDEO]. Below is a video excerpt from Clawson's recent speech and two analyses of his remarks.