From the other side of the world, we in Australia watch in wonder at the unfolding déja vu scenario, where the Starfleet America Captain says, "Make it so" and it happens. Weapons of mass destruction, bringing democracy, freeing the people from oppression - all epithets from US administrations designed to invade others or interfere for Western "balance", and, importantly, exploitation. Someone once said if you say a lie often enough and it's big enough, it becomes truth. Sadly, this is yet another example of sabre-rattling to promote conflict designed to weaken the "other" side, a proxy war where America will be the sole beneficiary. Desperately sad.