“It’s a bit of treachery of the US to attend a peaceful function side-by-side with Iranian navy, where there’s a lot of camaraderie, and then the moment the Iranian ship pops out of harbour, it’s sunk,” he said. “They could have delayed this action to spare India this embarrassment.”

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A similar debate has raged over whether the US had a responsibility to pick up survivors after the attack. Weerasekara was among three senior navy officials who told the Guardian it was standard practice to help to save survivors of such attacks, though he acknowledged this was more difficult for a nuclear submarine that operates in stealth. “It’s very clear, the US was supposed to pick up those survivors and they should have. That’s the Geneva convention,” said one retired Indian navy three-star admiral.

Pete Hegseth is an embarrassment and we are headed for war war war.