Oh how far things have fallen. Recall when Quadafi “ordered” Regan to stay out of the Gulf of Sidra with his famous line of death comment. He did not know whose line of death he was citing though.
I am certain that the Captain of the US Destroyer had enough common sense to know there was potential for one of Iran’s “weapons” control systems to fail with the possibility of damage or worse to his vessel and crew. Our Navy ship Captains are not cowards. There is another side to the story than what was originally offered.