I never said they didn't have ships - I said there was no evidence Sisko knew they were there. Try and at least respond to the words you quote.Deepcrush wrote:Minus the ship sensors, minus that Kira and Worf never said "they have no ships", minus that it was a farming port in space so ships are a bit helpful, minus THEY HAD SHIPS. Do you have any reason to show that they didn't have ships?
Who said it had to be done in an hour? Yes, it will take weeks, months, or years, and it will cost lives. Maquis lives, not civilian lives. I'm surprised that you're so concerned for the welfare of a bunch of terrorists.Yes, a fleet of warships in a DMZ where the CU is already looking for an excuse attack Maquis colonies. Then search hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands of ships for bio-weapons small enough to be carried on a shuttle. I'm sure you could do this in less then an hour...
Because that wouldn't take weeks or months while the Maquis bomb a planet or two a day. Because that would be entirely bloodless like Sisko's actions. Because that would in a few months, rather then in an hour, get back the surplus of bio-weapons so long as the Maquis haven't used them all up.
And Starfleet's answer to Chemical Ali would tell the truth about his actions because...Couldn't have been "Then and there" as in instant because well... no one died. They had enough time to evacuate in a manner that Sisko reported on as being trouble free.
It was as "immediate" as the Maquis attack on the Cardies - they were able to evacuate, but they had to move sharply to do so.Same effect yes, immediately no.
You're the one who's been going on about Sisko giving the planet's inhabitants an hour. Evacuating Germany would have taken longer, but the time given would have had to have been proportional to the size of the population and the transport available.Yes, because in the 30 seconds it takes for the nuke to drop from the plane and then go BOOM... you could evacuate sixty million people without a single death!
Captain Seafort wrote:No, it isn't. The point of the matter is that Sisko launched a large-scale chemical attack on an inhabited planet with a mostly-civilian population. His actions were no different from Saddam Hussain's attack on Halabja.
He launched a chemical attack on civilians in response to terrorist attacks on his own troops. Exactly what Sisko did. Note that Sisko specifically referenced the attack on the Malinche as his excuse for the attack, not the attack on the Cardie world - that simply gave him the idea.So Saddam's attacks were bloodless and enforced a peace treaty which saved thousands or millions of lives to stop Halabja from using bio-weapons on Ireland?
