Kanwal Sibal, a respected Indian leader who used to be the Foreign Secretary, criticized Trump and Pete Hegseth for war crimes related to the sinking of the IRIS Dena, an Iranian warship that was in Indian waters for joint military exercises.
Sibal said, “I was told that according to the rules of this exercise, ships shouldn’t carry any weapons.
The Iranian ship was defenseless.” He added, “The attack by the US submarine was planned in advance. The US knew the Iranian ship was part of the exercise, which they were invited to join, but they left at the last minute, probably because they had this operation in mind.”
Sibal pointed out that the US ignored India’s feelings because the ship was in those waters because of India’s invitation.
The attack, which Trump and Hegseth called a major success, killed 87 sailors and left 32 survivors, who the Americans abandoned.
Sri Lanka had to rescue them.
This shows how cruel and brutal Pete Hegseth’s military actions were.
Helping survivors is a basic rule of the sea, even the Nazis were known to help rescue people from their submarines during World War 2.
Instead of being a big victory for America, this was another example of the Trump administration being weak: they attacked a defenseless ship and then left people to die.
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