{"id":173389,"date":"2026-03-01T11:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:25:18","slug":"decoding-the-iran-war-3-1-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389","title":{"rendered":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ZtGVkXXQ0g?si=xP1iQRDLrI3HjB0A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Blogging vs Streaming, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173341\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173341<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> Gulf states are learning a tough David Pinsof alliance lesson \u2014 it is hard to stay neutral., <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173375\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173375<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 05:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"300\">05:00<\/a> Iran\u2019s Elites Slaughtered, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173386\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173386<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 06:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#360\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"360\">06:00<\/a> How Eliminating Ayatollah Khameini Will Change The Middle East w\/Michael Doran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VMEEVmJGUc0\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VMEEVmJGUc0<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 10:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#600\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"600\">10:00<\/a> Regime Change In Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173325\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173325<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 17:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1020\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1020\">17:00<\/a> Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173336\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173336<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 22:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1320\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1320\">22:00<\/a> Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional Relationships, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173384\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173384<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 25:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1500\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1500\">25:00<\/a>\u2018I Know Things That You Do Not Know\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173380\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173380<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 30:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1800\">30:00<\/a> BBC Epistemics, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173366\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173366<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2400\">40:00<\/a> Why did some elites focus on deaths in Gaza but not protester deaths in Iran and vice versa?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173361\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173361<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 45:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2700\">45:00<\/a> War Results From Differing Reads On Reality, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173359\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173359<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 49:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2940\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2940\">49:00<\/a> Why Tucker Opposes The War, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173356\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173356<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 55:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3300\">55:00<\/a> Patricia Marins: What runs out first, the US-Israel interceptors or Iran\u2019s ability to launch missiles?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173352\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173352<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 57:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3420\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3420\">57:00<\/a> Is The Iran War All About China?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173349\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173349<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 59:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3570\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3570\">59:30<\/a> General Avivi on US &amp; Israel\u2019s Next Move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=phnAKPPEMos\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=phnAKPPEMos<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3720\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3720\">1:02:00<\/a> Is It Bad To Celebrate The Deaths Of Your Enemies?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173331\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173331<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:10:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4200\">1:10:00<\/a> Calm Comes From Insulation, Not Wisdom, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173316\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173316<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:28:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5280\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5280\">1:28:00<\/a> Cliches Dominate Iran War Coverage, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173308\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173308<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:41:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6060\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6060\">1:41:00<\/a> Journalists intensely fear AI, push AI doomer narratives, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173306\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173306<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:43:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6180\">1:43:00<\/a> Just Because Iran Was Negotiating Does Not Mean It Was Negotiating In Good Faith, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173302\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173302<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:49:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6540\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6540\">1:49:00<\/a> The Pitt pushes expert ideology, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173300\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173300<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:53:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6780\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6780\">1:53:00<\/a> Justification For This War Depend Upon Unverifiable Expert Claims, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173292\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173292<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7260\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7260\">2:01:00<\/a> Why Are The High Status Pundits So Pained?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173271\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173271<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7320\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7320\">2:02:00<\/a> Every Expert Has Had Their Priors Confirmed, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173290\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173290<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:09:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7740\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7740\">2:09:00<\/a> Who can narrate? <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=172725\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=172725<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:11:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7890\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7890\">2:11:30<\/a> Decoding Haviv Rettig Gur, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173207\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173207<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Blogging vs Streaming, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17334103:00 Gulf states are learning a tough David Pinsof alliance lesson \u2014 it is hard to stay neutral., https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17337505:00 Iran\u2019s Elites Slaughtered, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17338606:00 How Eliminating Ayatollah Khameini Will Change The Middle East w\/Michael Doran, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VMEEVmJGUc010:00 Regime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389\">Continue reading <span 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