I wonder if the speechwriter researched his comments or if he just resolved to hyperbole without checking.

Lou



On Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> wrote:

Indeed absolutely correct. Gen Cain got it right. The speechwriter for SECWAR was probably not born in 1982

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Hegseth got it wrong. This is not the first warship sunk by a sub-launched torpedo since WWII. The HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser, General Belgrano, in 1982.

 



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