Decoding The Iran War (3-8-26)

01:00 Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History (2025), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174561
11:20 Vali Nasr Exclusive: ‘War is being waged ‘: Vali Nasr on Israel-US campaign against Iran
25:00 The First Gulf War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174605
28:00 Understanding The Elite Frame On The Iran War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174625
35:00 Mark Halperin: Trump’s Iran Strategy Explained, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUwk2I7hO8
40:00 Why Different Groups View The Iran War Differently, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174619
47:00 You Don’t Win Wars Through Logic & Rhetoric, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174615
50:00 When American Presidents Tell You To Rise Up, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174612
53:00 Why do elites love the word ‘dialogue’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174610
55:00 Does Iran need to unconditionally surrender
1:39:00 Richard Haass: ‘America chose this war — and must now choose how to end it’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174601
1:46:00 Why do elites argue that Iran’s war plans are super rational and coolly calculating while Trump’s plans are impulsive and crazy? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174592
1:59:00 Why Do Elites Love The Word ‘Fraught’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174599
2:02:00 Why Do Elites Love The Word ‘Metastasized’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174597
2:06:30 NYT: In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174581
2:28:00 Why Has Trump Gone To War With Iran? | Christiane Amanpour Presents, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFVlQ8ftVo
2:30:00 Journos Take Public Pronouncements Too Seriously, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174460
2:31:00 When The Search For Meaning Leads To War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174445
2:37:45 Decoding CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174479
2:38:30 Richard Haass says Iran is not losing, https://politicalitems.substack.com/p/is-iran-not-losing
2:40:00 ‘The last thing the Middle East needed was another war’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174458
2:43:00 Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries (2024), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174500
2:47:00 Is It Truth Or BS?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174491
2:49:30 Decoding My Life, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=169794
2:53:00 Everything shocking and big requires fuel, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174472
2:56:00 Decoding Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174429
3:11:00 Where Is The Expert Herd Going On The Iran War?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174447
3:13:00 Why Do Elites Love Dubai?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174467
3:15:00 Where Will It Stop?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174464
3:18:00 Can Iran Kill Americans At Scale?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174505
3:22:00 Why do elites and journos love the word ‘predicate’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174396
3:26:00 War With Iran: Why Now and What Comes Next, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORmcvFYU68
3:27:00 Decoding Iran Expert Suzanne Maloney, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174388
3:36:00 Why does the MSM fetishize “seriousness” and dismiss Trump’s team for lack thereof?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174363