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Jonathan Lord

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Jonathan Lord

@JonathanLordDC

Former: @CNASdc, @HASCDemocrats, @DeptofDefense. Views mine. @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social

Washington, DC

Joined June 2019

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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Apr 17, 2025
As they say, some professional news to share. It’s my honor to return to government service in this period of sobering consequence for our nation. Many thanks to all in my network who supported and counseled me through this decision. tinyurl.com/yc9mu4kt
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Hamas always hid behind civilians. But it has adopted something new and similarly sinister in this war. It’s learned to hide behind them in the information-space too. 🧵
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Oct 4, 2023
It’s not YPG infrastructure. It’s civilian infrastructure. And targeting it constitutes a law of war violation. 1/
Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu
Oct 4, 2023
BREAKING — Turkey says all PKK and YPG infrastructure and energy facilities in Syria and Iraq are now legitimate targets “Our forces discovered that two terrorists arrived in Turkey from Syria. We warn third parties to avoid PKK/ YPG facilities”
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Oct 13, 2022
I’ve been catching up with old friends this afternoon. I hope I haven’t missed any significant news from #العراق today…
Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Jan 17, 2024
Just an outright lie. I’ve held in my hands the remnants of Shahed drones that were taken off the field in Ukraine. The evidence of Iran’s lethal support to Russia’s illegal war is irrefutable: dia.mil/Portals/110/Do…
NEXTA
@nexta_tv
Jan 17, 2024
Iran has never supplied Russia with drones and missiles for use in Ukraine, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said He claims that "Ukraine has not provided Iran with any evidence of Russia's use of Iranian weapons."
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Jan 11, 2023
If a state of the art Russian ballistic submarine surfaces in the Penobscot River in a few days, we’ll know why.
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
Jul 13, 2023
Kak Bafel took my look! 👀
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
Sinwar and his army must not be allowed to hide behind civilians in social media or the public discourse. His erasure is not an accident. It’s a tactic, no different than stashing weapons inside hospitals or firing from a child’s bedroom. /end
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
Hamas has succeeded in even erasing itself from the discourse. I sat on a conference panel this past week that referenced the “Gaza War”, not the “Israel-Hamas War”. Al-Jazeera runs chyrons “The War in Gaza” or “Genocide in Gaza”. As if Hamas didn’t exist at all. 4/
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
Perhaps the greatest trick Yahya Sinwar ever pulled was erasing his army from the public discourse. But it’s all too real and it’s killing people. It’s culpable for the civilian harm in Gaza. And the public discourse shouldn’t mask it. 7/
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
In the last 7 months, images of displaced Gazans permeated social media. But where are the images of Hamas’ crew-served weapons tucked into apartments? Or the rocket launchers in school yards? They’ve succeeded in removing themselves from representations of the war. 3/
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
Today, Hamas holds over 120 hostages, including 8 Americans. Hamas continues to fight and kill from the densest cities in Gaza. They just launched a barrage of rockets on Tel Aviv and boasted about it. 6/
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
But there are combatants in Gaza. They hide behind civilians, and exploit civilian deaths here in the information space, just as they do on the battlefield. They launched a massive attack in October that killed 1,200 people, including dozens of Americans. 5/
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Jonathan Lord
@JonathanLordDC
May 26, 2024
Replying to @JonathanLordDC
25 years ago, they learned to identify and groom at-risk individuals into suicide bombers. Subsequently, they learned to hide behind civilians and launch attacks from civilian infrastructure. And they learned how to blame Israel for civharm. 2/
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