'Cowardly and Despicable': Hegseth Condemned for Sinking of ‘Defenseless’ Iranian Ship | Common Dreams
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth condemned for sinking Iranian ship in international waters. Indian politicians criticize US attack as cowardly and despicable.
  • LordCrom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    Iirc, its an unwritten law of sailors… You rescue anyone at sea, even the enemy if you can. Drowning is a horrible death.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      11 hours ago

      You at least do what you can to give them a fighting chance.

      A radio message would have at least let them abandon ship in a (semi) orderly manner. Hell, even a solar ping would have got them into life jackets.

      Normally, a sub wouldn’t risk this. They knew in advance, however, that the ship was not currently armed.