Pakistan has sold their ‘ally’ Iran down the Swanee
- Update Time : Monday, June 23, 2025
The decision by the Trump Administration to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities is the game changer that all morally decent people had been praying for. The totalitarian theocrats in Iran, having been dramatically weakened by days of Israeli bombardment must now be at levels of desperation that they have never previously experienced.
We are gathering information and evidence minute by minute and it is still apparent that global mainstream media are still not dedicated to reporting the truth but to reporting their own ideological cloudy views. The BBC, hostile to Israel for decades but apparently the most trusted media outlet globally is quoting ‘unnamed sources’ which is their euphemism for ‘one of our own made up stories’.
It is extremely difficult to analyze the immediate impact of the current military action but clearly it must have been both dramatic and devastating for those in control in Iran. Where can the regime go from here given their proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza and Syria have also been severely weakened these last few months. The Iranians have been outmaneuvered and Netanyahu’s tactics have succeeded. And this blow may not be the last we see as it is obvious to all that Iran’s main political and military allies and supporters, China and Russia are apparently not involving themselves in assisting the Iranian leadership. Even Pakistan rowed back from Iran’s clumsy attempt to bring their military in to assist and indeed it appears that President Trump’s early departure from the recent G7 meeting to welcome Pakistan’s military leaders has all the markings of Pakistani duplicity regarding their supposed alliance with Iran.
And Pakistan thereafter calling for Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? How very strange. Now analysts are concerning themselves with what Trump offered the Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for their unprecedented White House meeting. Pakistan has sold their ‘ally’ Iran down the Swanee in return for who knows what. Trade deals undoubtedly when the Iranian regime falls. How stupid of the Iranians to believe Pakistan were closer to them, a non- Arab Shia theocracy than to Saudi, their fellow Sunnis. Were Pakistan of help to Trump in bombing Iran? It seems so. India and China are apoplectic at Pakistan’s dalliance with the USA for different reasons. China having expended so much effort into converting Pakistan into a reliable ally and India believing Trump had their back.
Geopolitically this action should be a game changer but the end is far from over given the severely wounded Iranian dog is probably at its most dangerous when fighting for survival. Those opposed to Iran must be hoping that domestic Iranian opposition groups will finally take control and create regime change. The USA and Israel have been assisting and been assisted by these parties and they must surely strike whilst the iron is hot. As we have witnessed in Gaza, superior military power does not necessarily bring the political conclusions such superiority should permit.
As at the time of writing it has been noted that the Trump Administration have made it clear that if Iran do not come to the peace table and bow to US demands further military action will be forthcoming. Furthermore, Iran is currently firing missiles at Israel but could this be their last throw of the dice? The next 72 hours may determine this.
It is also apparent how behind the curve the United Kingdom and the European Union have been during this conflict. Their mixed passive statements after October 7 have exposed both their political and military weaknesses exacerbated by their moral cowardice in defending western values against Islamic, religious totalitarianism. For both, domestic Muslim voting patterns are more important than upholding Judeo-Christian values which has underpinned democracy for centuries. The UK and EU have been totally ignored by Trump and Netanyahu and both the US and Israel will have some public relations making up to do with their ‘allies’.
The Iranian leadership was out maneuvered by both the US and Israeli administrations in endeavoring to promote talks whilst simultaneously planning military action. Netanyahu has played a blinder in drawing in Trump but he may not succeed in toppling the Iranian leadership which is now top of his wish list.
And now western media are apoplectic and spewing their usual vile propaganda and anti-Trump and anti-Jewish state bile. Undoubtedly, we will be witnessing more of this in the days to come.
As I suggested in the introduction this action should be a game changer but make no mistake the main media outlets will be hard on Trump and Netanyahu and soft on the Ayatollahs. Castration of the mullahs and arguably making the world a safer place comes at a heavy public relations cost.
Peter Baum, Editor (International Political Affairs) to Blitz is a research-scholar, who writes extensively on Israel, Holocaust, Zionism, Middle East, Anti-Semitism, and other issues.
Peter Baum has worked for four decades in the International Financial Markets specializing in the Capital Market. He held directorships at large International Financial Institutions and ended career as consultant to an Investment Management company. Baum is a member of the Institute of Directors. He has worked extensively abroad in the Asia, Africa, the USA and Europe and after retirement spends his time as a political researcher, activists and columnist.
In addition to his engagement with Blitz, Peter Baum has also been writing for the Gatestone Institute, Conservative Woman and Decisive Liberty and has appeared numerous times on TV and radio mainly talking about Israel and the Middle East.
