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Author Archives: Luke Ford
Why do elites love the words “security” and “stability”?
The language of security and stability usually reflects the interests of people who already sit inside the existing order. Elites benefit from the current institutional arrangement. They have status, income, influence, and reputational capital tied to it. When they talk … Continue reading
Decoding The Iran War (3-16-26)
01:00 I don’t care deeply about any 2025 movie. Am I missing something? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175770 03:00 AI & Operation Epic Fury, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175723 08:00 Why the US Navy Is Letting Iran’s Hormuz Blockade Destroy Itself, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVu88ZaIN1g 11:00 Michael Oren: How This War … Continue reading
I don’t care deeply about any 2025 movie. Am I missing something?
Gemini says: Movie fatigue is a common result of a landscape dominated by sequels and brand expansions. 2025 has seen plenty of those, with movies like Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash breaking box office records. If those feel … Continue reading
Are We Winning In Iran?
No serious analyst claims that America and Israel have won this war with Iran, while most analysts, it seems, claims that the US has already lost. One side of this debate seems realistic and the other more ideological. So what … Continue reading
Ynet: Is Iran’s ‘target bank’ running out?
The “target bank running out” narrative tends to appear around the third or fourth week of most air campaigns. It almost always reflects a shift in the nature of the campaign rather than a genuine shortage of targets. Three things … Continue reading
‘The battle for the soul of Islam’
Moshe Dann is credited by the Jerusalem Post as a “PhD historian, writer, and journalist.” He writes: Without an alternative to Islamism and Palestinianism, we will drown in what Hamas calls “The Al-Aqsa Flood,” the Islamification of the West, and … Continue reading
How have Zionist think tanks and lobbying groups changed their arguments to fit in with MAGA and Trump?
The shift in how pro-Israel think tanks and lobbying groups argue their case represents something more than a messaging adjustment. The core mission has not changed. What has changed is the operating logic that sustains the argument. Groups that once … Continue reading
WEHT To Thilo Sarrazin (Author of Germany Abolishes Itself)?
Grok says: Thilo Sarrazin, the German economist, former SPD politician, Berlin finance senator, and ex-Bundesbank board member, remains a prominent and controversial figure known for his sharp critiques of immigration, particularly from Muslim-majority countries, as well as related topics like … Continue reading
The Shorter The Question, The Better The Question
In my experience as a reporter, the shorter the question, the better. When I watch journos ask long questions during TV press conferences, it seems to me that these lengthy addresses do not serve reporting, rather, they are forms of … Continue reading
Why do elites love the word “unpack”?
The word “unpack” spread through elite discourse because it signals a kind of intellectual seriousness without requiring any. It tells the audience: this topic has hidden layers, and I am the person equipped to reveal them. The word does real … Continue reading