So what we’re arguing here is which is the better option:
Option 1: Take a minor enemy asset off the board as quickly as possible without tying up additional resources
Option 2: Divert significant resources to tracking and pursuing a minor enemy asset so we can offer the opportunity to surrender and be the “good guys”. Bonus: we get a puny ship and lots of good publicity.
Look, I’m not arguing the morality or the optics of one option over the other. In my first career it was my job to offer tactical and strategic analysis to those who made the decisions, and I was actually pretty damned good at it. From that perspective, Option 1 is the only realistic or pragmatic outcome, whether or not it’s palatable. We can argue over the overall legality or morality of the war/special military option/conflict etc., but the thread is specifically about the torpedo attack on the IRIS Dena.