Decoding The Iran War (3-16-26)

What this episode covers

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 Ends, https://www.thefp.com/p/how-this-war-ends 13:00 Videos: Why the US Navy “Already Won” Before Iran Knew It Started, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175694 17:00 Are we winning in Iran? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175768 20:00 The Power Of The ‘Path Dependence’ Model, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175720 24:45 ‘The battle for the soul of Islam’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175761 28:00 What year marked the end of the international rules based order? 30:40 How have Zionist think tanks and lobbying groups changed their arguments to fit in with MAGA and Trump?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175759 34:30 The Shorter The Question, The Better The Question, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175733 47:30 Why do elites love the word “unpack”?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175731 51:00 WP: 200,000 immigrants will start losing commercial licenses, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/16/trump-immigrants-trucks/ 52:00 Why the US Navy Rushed USS Tripoli to the Strait of Hormuz, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMy69tl25r8 56:30 Jürgen Habermas: The Philosopher of the Gate, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175711 1:02:00 From The Perspective Of The Buffered Identity, There’s Nothing Funny About A Gay Ayatollah, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175709 1:08:00 Decoding The Israel Democracy Institute, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175706 1:14:00 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 1:20:00 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 1:21:00 Is Iran’s New Supreme Leader – Mojtaba Khamenei – Gay?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=175677 1:28:00 America’s War Objectives, and Israel’s - with Nadav Eyal and Amit Segal 1:31:30 Video: Why the US Navy "Already Won" Before Iran Knew It Started, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPeqrG-C9gA 1:43:30 Michael Oren: How This War Ends, https://www.thefp.com/p/how-this-war-ends 1:48:40 How to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz, https://www.thefp.com/p/how-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz 1:54:00 Anthropic doesn't decide America's rules of engagement, https://www.thefp.com/p/anthropic-doesnt-decide-our-militarys

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