'Quiet Death': US Sub Sinks Iranian Frigate, First Torpedo Kill Since WWII

[Wonder Why]

The above was the Title of an issue of an email newsletter I receive form military.com. Different types of newsletters cover different issues. There's DoD Insider, Deals and Discounts, Military Report and others.

This issue really disturbed me because of the Title. Yes, the Submarines were always called the "Silent Service" but that's not because the deaths were silent. Those sailors, enemy or not, did not die silently. They died screaming and crying, most probably by drowning, many probably calling to their mothers or their Allah to save them. Deaths in war are not silent. Doesn't matter if you are shot with a bullet, blown up by a shell, hit by a bomb blast or drown as your ship sinks around you and you can't get out. You die in violence.

The submarines may be silent, but the deaths are not. They are never silent, whether they be Americans or any enemy no matter how cruel they individually were, or, more likely, what they believed they were doing was for the right cause and without personal liability for the cruelty of their fellow fighters. Most likely, they were just human beings doing what they believed in, whether it was misguided, wrong or just because they were caught up in the Hell of War.

The article was just factual as most good reporting is. The words "Silent Death" belong to the monster Hegseth who deserves to be tried by a tribunal for war crimes.