See my previous post. The example of Kirk re-examining his motives when chastised by Ayelbourne, or Picard doing so when compared to Captain Ahab rest on the fact that both characters had lost sight of more important objectives, and were thus, at least partly in the wrong. But how does this necessarily apply to every war themed story? The Romulan War could show a young Federation defending itself from an agressive, expansionist Romulan Star Empire, in being in the right, just as America, and Great Britain were in WWII after being attacked by the Germans and the Japanese.Stofsk wrote:Ordinarily I would have agreed with you, some of my favourite episodes dealt with war and the character's reactions towards it. Kirk almost foaming at the mouth demanding that the Organians butt out of the UFP's and KE's affairs, until Ayelbourne pointed out he was defending mass-slaughter. Picard jumping at the chance to kill some Borg, until he realises he's after revenge. Sisko hearing about another lost classmate, or someone else he knew in his career who's bought the bullet. There IS drama there.
But an ongoing war kind of goes against the established precedent set by TOS and even TNG. It would be a departure from those shows, and would only bear a incidental relationship with the franchise as 'just another Star Trek show'. There's nothing wrong with a ST series that has war stories in it, but as its main theme and premise?
Again, if the show is good drama, it will work.