"...more than 150 lost and disoriented whales were swimming chaotically in the shallows of Hanalei Bay."
Apparently, there are some who believe it's better for Uncle Sam to swim lost and disoriented through the shallows (and deeps) of the conflicts, hot and cold, of the new century than that a few whales might become disoriented by the (highly speculative) effects of sonar.
That's because they smoke a lot of "sea weed".
They never mention the countless times they have had these whale beachings when no sonar exercizes were taking place.