A few months ago I saw the youtube clip called prelude to Axsnar. A trailer for a new star trek movie. Included in it was a speech made by admiral Ramirez. At the time I thought it was just a cool speech, very star trek.
But with the raising level of hostilities between the European Union and the Russian federation the speech has begun to feel very much an ale got lay for what way be facing soon. Which is odd since is.must have been filmed before russia annexed crimmea. Anyway here the speech, consider it yourself, with the federation being the European union and the klingon empire representing the Russian federation.
We are facing an enemy that is consumed and committed to our total destruction . Am enemy that demands to be fought, and we shall fight.
But I say to you all, our greatest challenge is the not might of a klingon fleet.
The greatest challenge laying before us is to do what must be done, without undoing the dream of the federation.
For myself I have but one fear destroying the dream of the federation, compared to such a loss, I do not fear the Klingon empire.
I say it applies very well to the situation we are facing, nothing is more important than maintaining the European dream. If we must fight russia so be it. But we must not let them break the union apart. Don't get me wrong I really don't hope we have to go to war. But if we abandon the valt states and finnland to Russian advances we will have sacrificed the europea dream. The dream of a europe United through diplomacy and against war. A dream that people if so many people can come together as one and coexist. This dream rather than the American dream and it's promises of eternal progress may be the defining idea of our age. The key to a future where there is neither war nor conflict. Where all humans may live in peace and have sufficient food medicine and wealth to live happy content lives.
May be that we have to fight now so that future generations may live in peace. But we must on the other hand not become Russia. We must defend ourselves but no more than is nessecary. Otherwise we have again sacrificed the dream that is europe.
