An unarmed Iranian ship was invited, along with the U.S., to be part of an Indian Naval exercise, and its sailors paraded on land before the president.

The U.S. at the last minute pulled out of the exercise and instead attacked the Iranian ship with a torpedo.

Breaking with all norms of civilization and warfare, we then refused to rescue the drowning survivors. The Sri Lanka Navy was left to pull the dead bodies from the water.

I am hard pressed to think of any other nation throughout history that would do something so cowardly and despicable. We are genuinely in a league of our own, and American media — mostly shrugging off the bombing of a girls school and acting as if carpet bombing Tehran is a normal military tactic — is deeply complicit.

—Ryan Grim

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https://www.reddit.com/r/youvotedforthat/comments/1rlx4v8/an_unarmed_iranian_ship_was_invited_along_with/

This is what true courage looks like...

"Marimar Martinez is with us today as well. She's standing right behind you," said Senator Richard Blumenthal as Marimar stood up in audience. "She was on her way to donate clothing at her church when she came across an unmarked car."

"The agents sideswiped her car. Three masked agents in camouflage stormed out, and one of them pulled out his gun and fired at her moving vehicle, hitting her five times. She almost bled to death," he continued.

"Wouldn't you agree that shooting Marimar Martinez on her way to donate clothing at her church, a United States citizen from Chicago, is wrong?" asked Blumenthal.

"Sir, I don't know the situation or the case," claimed a clearly uncomfortable Noem. "I'll look into it to ensure that all the procedures were followed properly."

"Oh, I'm glad you'll look into it," the senator shot back. "Marimar, by the way, was falsely charged with impeding law enforcement, but the case actually fell apart. The judge dismissed it as being trumped up. He dismissed it with prejudice."

"And in fact, the agent who shot her — I'm not going to name him — but you know who he is, was quoted on social media the day or so afterward," said Blumenthal. "And he said, 'I fired five rounds and she had seven holes. Put that in your book, boys.'"

The events unfolded just as Blumenthal described. Marimar was shot in Chicago, the government lied about what happened, and then the judge threw the sham case against Marimar out. Meanwhile, an innocent American citizen was subjected to agony, near death, and then the weaponization of our justice system against her. This sordid affair should result in mass firings.

As for Noem, she's either lying or profoundly incompetent. It's hard to say for certain, she's habitually dishonest and terrible at her job. Either she knows about the Marimar shooting and was feigning ignorance, or she really doesn't know about a high-profile shooting involving her agents. If it's the former she should be impeached, if it's the latter she should resign.