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I knew Americans were kind of dismissive of news and politics in general, but based on the comments even Americans who are interested in news and politics are ignorant mofos.
Wow.
The US knew that the ship would be there because the event was a well publicized one. They were waiting there in ambush like cowards. I hope that the US will get a taste of its own treachery when they finally sink as a deplorable memory.
I mean... The war is extremely illegal and is being carried out at the direction of some of the most evil people alive. But I don't think "cowardly" fits here. If you are at war (ignoring the legality and morality of the war itself) and your enemy publicly reveals a location of one of their military assets, at a time and place where you know it will be defenseless and entirely devoid of civilians, is it really "cowardly" to attack it? If it's "cowardly" because it was an ambush attack, may I remind you that essentially all warfare over the last century has been composed almost entirely of ambush attacks?
Again, the war itself is disgusting. People should be publicly hanged for this. But I really don't see how the word "cowardly" fits into this particular attack.
where you know it will be defenseless
This is the reason why attacking military and attacking civilians are considered different. Civilians are defenseless. They do not carry weapons. Attacking a defenseless warship, where it went for a military exercise with a non-adversary country is cowardly. Ambush is not the problem here.
Edit: (from the post link)
According to reports, the rules of the exercise stipulated that no ammunition was allowed on participating ships.
Yeah, we're well past the initial attack. I'm not sure why anyone would think the ship would be safe to return to an Iranian port. It seems kinda silly to think the US would wait until the ship was rearmed before engaging.
Is there something I'm missing?
The Iranian ship was participating in the military exercise last month. This specific ship was nowhere near US or Israel, not even in active combat. Why would they attack it?
...are you really asking why they would take out a military vessel with no defenses, no civilians at risk, far away from support, against a country they are actively fighting against?
Have you not heard the word "war" before?
Not that it excuses the horrific warcrime or absolves the US at all, but how did Iran not realize this possibility after the US has repeatedly bombed civilian boats in the gulf of Mexico?
Truly abhorent and cowardly. I hope Iran responds ruthlessly.