This is not a lie!!! Its an opinion..an "expectation".
When you exaggerate your position, you are the one telling lies.
Navy Commander did not exaggerate..he used "expected". This is an opinion statment, and he is entitled to his opinion.
You lie when you call his opinion a lie, because you dont know if/who expected what, because you can not read the world's mind, since commander "may" have based his opinion on others.