S8 Ep1122: (3) The Phony War and Strategic Reserves: Regulatory Displacement, the Iran-US "Phony War," and the Doctrine of Unconditional Sur

The John Batchelor Show · Jul 13, 2026 · 13m

(3) The Phony War and Strategic Reserves: Regulatory Displacement, the Iran-US "Phony War," and the Doctrine of Unconditional Surrender Guests in Londinium, 92 AD: Gaius and Germanicus. Broadcasting a "bootleg edition" from a parking lot after being forced out by the building inspector, the hosts discuss the unsustainable nature of the escalating US-Iran conflict. Gaius compares the current "drip drip" of hostilities to the minor-sounding reports from 1938–1939, questioning the sustainability of these incremental escalations. Germanicus frames the conflict as a "Sitzkrieg" or "phony war,"…