Captain Picard on Libya

The wisdom of Star Trek: The Next Generation is still amazing in today's world. From Redemption, Part I we get to see Captain Picard's stance on the Libyan, er...Klingon Civil War.

Although Picard supports the current Klingon regime instead of the rebellion, the message is still clear. Don't drag yourself into someone else's business.

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[Steamrunner92]

There is a difference between supporting one side of a civil war over the other and supporting a rebellion against an oppressive regime.

[greatcow95]

@Steamrunner92 One man's civil war is another man's rebellion. It all depends on who winds up winning the conflict. If the Confederates won the US Civil War, it would be called a successful rebellion or a revolution and not a civil war.

[greatcow95]

Memory Alpha states that the Prime Directive was expanded to apply to all civilizations regardless of being pre-warp or if they knew how to achieve faster than light travel. The general exceptions are if the directive is already broken somehow ("repair the damage" episodes) or if there is an extreme threat (General Order 24 and the Omega Directive).

Since the directive was expanded on in the 24th Century, Picard is right when he invoked the Prime Directive.

[xLance2000]

Any Prime Directive was already violated when the western world supplied Gaddafi with a massive amount of weaponry to start with!

[Rickdeckard2020]

We are also being fed lies and warmongering propaganda to support war against Syria and Iran (and propaganda to demonize Chavez).



[Rickdeckard2020]

The US has supported dictators more brutal than Gaddhafi who was less worst than many others but demonized in the media. So the "lets help the people against a tyrant" is utter BULLSHIT. The US created the rebels and supplied them with terrorists and mercenaries. The people have been subject to a barrage of propaganda to support the war in Libya. It was more about Pillaging the Oil and subjecting Libya to international banking (no more gold dinar) than anything.

The Media is Propaganda

[wylderyde]

Riker: "What about Worf."

Picard: "Engage. Also -- Fuck that guy."

[TimothyStuartRiches]

We didn't expect that interference in Libya would lead to the Duras taking over.

[CountArtha]

@greatcow95 Technically the American Civil War was no civil war at all, since the two sides were separate governments rather than factions fighting over control of a single government.

[daophos]

xLance2000 It's a thesis,not an argument. And I believe it would be the responsibility of those claiming the west gave arms to provide evidence, not those denying it.

[xLance2000]

@daophos Nonsense! Bring evidence to the stage that supports your argument!

[daophos]

Now that Libya is over, maybe we can stop looking to Star Trek for guidance.

[daophos]

@xLance2000 Gaddafi wasn't armed by the West.

[MasterO2]

@RADIXCHRISTUSMOLE

"History is written by the conqueror." - Winston Churchill