{"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 class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iran"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Luke Ford\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-01T19:47:42+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T00:25:18+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lukeford\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford\",\"headline\":\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-01T11:47:42-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-01T16:25:18-08:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Iran\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=183#listItem\",\"name\":\"Iran\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=183#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=183\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#listItem\",\"name\":\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?cat=183#listItem\",\"name\":\"Iran\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Luke Ford\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389\",\"name\":\"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford\",\"description\":\"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 Change In Iran, https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\\u2019s Transactional\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?p=173389#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-01T11:47:42-08:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-01T16:25:18-08:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Luke Ford\",\"alternateName\":\"No Sacred Cows\",\"description\":\"No sacred cows.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lukeford.net\\\/blog\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford","description":"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional","canonical_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"HMjuOfLRyzTPB-5Z5FG4BHkfZ1fbEij34rmbKM3BkZ4","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#blogposting","name":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford","headline":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"},"datePublished":"2026-03-01T11:47:42-08:00","dateModified":"2026-03-01T16:25:18-08:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#webpage"},"articleSection":"Iran"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=183#listItem","name":"Iran"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=183#listItem","position":2,"name":"Iran","item":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=183","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#listItem","name":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#listItem","position":3,"name":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=183#listItem","name":"Iran"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#personImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1","name":"Luke Ford","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/af8ecf5ef66099147247f500ec429b38.jpg?ver=1784204923","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Luke Ford"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#webpage","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389","name":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford","description":"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2026-03-01T11:47:42-08:00","dateModified":"2026-03-01T16:25:18-08:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/","name":"Luke Ford","alternateName":"No Sacred Cows","description":"No sacred cows.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Luke Ford - No sacred cows.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford","og:description":"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional","og:url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389","og:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg","og:image:width":800,"og:image:height":600,"article:published_time":"2026-03-01T19:47:42+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-03-02T00:25:18+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lukecford","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@lukeford","twitter:title":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26) - Luke Ford","twitter:description":"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 Change In Iran, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17332517:00 Feelings About Trump Frame Iran War Commentary, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=17333622:00 Donald Trump\u2019s Transactional","twitter:creator":"@lukeford","twitter:image":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lukesanta.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"173389","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-03-01 19:47:42","updated":"2026-03-02 00:30:27","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=183\" title=\"Iran\">Iran<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tDecoding The Iran War (3-1-26)\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog"},{"label":"Iran","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?cat=183"},{"label":"Decoding The Iran War (3-1-26)","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=173389"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173452,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173389\/revisions\/173452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}