{"id":175782,"date":"2026-03-16T12:06:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175782"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:16:39","slug":"decoding-the-iran-war-3-16-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175782","title":{"rendered":"Decoding The Iran War (3-16-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4UuTkw2534?si=z1xoKH3x2C03U9ry\" 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>01:00 I don\u2019t care deeply about any 2025 movie. Am I missing something? https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175770<br \/>\n03:00 AI &#038; Operation Epic Fury, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175723<br \/>\n08:00 Why the US Navy Is Letting Iran&#8217;s Hormuz Blockade Destroy Itself, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZVu88ZaIN1g<br \/>\n11:00 Michael Oren: How This War Ends, https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/how-this-war-ends<br \/>\n13:00 Videos: Why the US Navy \u201cAlready Won\u201d Before Iran Knew It Started, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175694<br \/>\n17:00 Are we winning in Iran? https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175768<br \/>\n20:00 The Power Of The \u2018Path Dependence\u2019 Model, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175720<br \/>\n24:45 \u2018The battle for the soul of Islam\u2019, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175761<br \/>\n28:00 What year marked the end of the international rules based order?<br \/>\n30:40 How have Zionist think tanks and lobbying groups changed their arguments to fit in with MAGA and Trump?, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175759<br \/>\n34:30 The Shorter The Question, The Better The Question, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175733<br \/>\n47:30 Why do elites love the word \u201cunpack\u201d?, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175731<br \/>\n51:00 WP: 200,000 immigrants will start losing commercial licenses, https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/03\/16\/trump-immigrants-trucks\/<br \/>\n52:00 Why the US Navy Rushed USS Tripoli to the Strait of Hormuz, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vMy69tl25r8<br \/>\n56:30 J\u00fcrgen Habermas: The Philosopher of the Gate, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175711<br \/>\n1:02:00 From The Perspective Of The Buffered Identity, There\u2019s Nothing Funny About A Gay Ayatollah, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175709<br \/>\n1:08:00 Decoding The Israel Democracy Institute, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175706<br \/>\n1:14:00 Trump reacted with hilarity to the news that the Ayatollah might be gay. How might previous American presidents reacted?, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175692<br \/>\n1:20:00 If the ayatollah did a news conference where he came out as a proud gay-iranian, how might it be covered by the news media?, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175689<br \/>\n1:21:00 Is Iran\u2019s New Supreme Leader \u2013 Mojtaba Khamenei \u2013 Gay?, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175677<br \/>\n1:28:00 America\u2019s War Objectives, and Israel\u2019s &#8211; with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal<br \/>\n1:31:30 Video: Why the US Navy &#8220;Already Won&#8221; Before Iran Knew It Started, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iPeqrG-C9gA<br \/>\n1:43:30 Michael Oren: How This War Ends, https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/how-this-war-ends<br \/>\n1:48:40 How to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/how-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz<br \/>\n1:54:00 Anthropic doesn&#8217;t decide America&#8217;s rules of engagement,<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/anthropic-doesnt-decide-our-militarys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 I don\u2019t care deeply about any 2025 movie. Am I missing something? https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175770 03:00 AI &#038; Operation Epic Fury, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175723 08:00 Why the US Navy Is Letting Iran&#8217;s Hormuz Blockade Destroy Itself, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZVu88ZaIN1g 11:00 Michael Oren: How This War &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=175782\">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-175782","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 I don\u2019t care deeply about any 2025 movie. 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