Star Trek

First, let me say that I have never watched Star Trek before. So I've had to do a little research before reading the article for the week. Besides, I'm more of a Star Wars fan. I did not know until reading this article, that Star Trek had such a parallel with the Cold War. In Star Trek VI I believe it was, when the Klingons suffered an event that was similar to Chernobyl, that they collapsed and were no longer a major threat to the United Federation of Planets. After that, the crew of the Enterprise began to question their usefulness and ultimately, their purpose. This can be related back to our current military situation in the United States. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the US was left standing as the sole superpower of the world. Even so, we can continued to increase spending on our military, despite spending more than the next 10 countries combined. (Figures here may be off a little.) This has perked my interest in Star Trek and I look forward to watching it and seeing more correlations.