Inept Americans huh
The vast majority of merchant sailors at the time failed to understand the threat and followed orders. There was alot of ineptitude if you will early on in the conflict but dont forget whom ultimatly decided the whole axis vs allies thing.
Oh and all those ships, planes, tanks, we 'lent' you... we want them back
But there is a grain of truth there.
Still sounds like an interesting lecture.
Oh and welcome to subsim.