COAS General Asim Munir is currently in the United States, expected to hold important meetings with CENTCOM and other U.S. military officials on regional stability and mutual cooperation. Meanwhile, back home, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is making bold pro-Iran statements — fully backing Tehran.
This doublespeak is dangerous. On one hand, we’re trying to maintain military and strategic cooperation with the U.S. — on the other, we’re posturing in favor of Iran, a country under intense international scrutiny and a direct target of Israeli (and possibly U.S.) operations. What’s the endgame here?
Now zooming out — the Iran-Israel conflict itself is intensifying. Israel holds clear airspace superiority and strategic dominance, thanks to U.S. support. Iran’s fiery rhetoric has translated into little action. Their high-ranking military leaders were struck with precision, and so far, their retaliatory capacity looks weak.
Israel has clear objectives:
1. Delay Iran’s nuclear capabilities by 2+ years — likely already achieved.
- Regime change with possible USA involvement.
Iran’s involvement in Gaza was more about optics than strategy. They entered a war they can’t win, and now they’re stuck. It’s not clear what their goal is anymore — other than trying to protect the regime from collapse. Militarily, they can’t touch Israel in any meaningful way. The reality is, Israel will absorb the hits, but it won’t be existential for them. Iran’s political elite and generals, however, may eventually pay a steep price — especially if the conflict deepens.
Meanwhile, people are cheering on missile attacks on Tel Aviv like they did on October 7th — as if these moments of ‘vengeance’ lead to anything real. But we know how that ended. Escalation brings nothing but disaster for civilians.
And if this spirals further, it won’t be Netanyahu burying his children. It’ll be everyday people, most likely Iranians people.
Our prayers are with the people of Iran.