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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Yes, in a sense, DS9 might not have been the ideal vantage point for the war. Being so close to Cardassia, it actually sat in the eye of the storm most of the time. No refugees would have come through DS9, since there were no planets between Bajor and Cardassia. The admirals sitting at Quark's wouldn't consider planets to be of strategic interest in the style of war they fought. Even the bold Chin'toka assault would to them be like Gallipoli, yet another trench front where nothing much happened even when thousands died weekly. OTOH, imagine the war on other fronts. Dominion fleets roaming within UFP space and striking at random, with the Feds trying to hunt them down... If slaughter did take place, it would happen when Starfleet by definition *wasn't* there. Fleet people wouldn't speak of massacres, but of aftermaths. Which, considering Trek weaponry, might have been relatively sterile. Billions lost could be mere statistics to Starfleet personnel. And admittedly there's always the possibility of information warfare. Still, DS9 couldn't have been in a *complete* blackout regarding UFP homefront losses. There were many "alternate" information channels in and out, including Quark's and Garak's secret ones, Jake's civilian ones, Klingon rumors, even Bashir and S31. And Adm. Ross seemed to be in on the big picture more than a mere theater commander would be. IMHO, it wouldn't really hurt the Trek history if the Dominion War was treated as "the one that might have been". Wouldn't it be refreshing if the heroes actually won the war, instead of just losing less than the other guys? Perhaps Starfleet did what it was supposed to do, and heroically died in heaps so others could live? Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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