[a fool in paradise]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Right-o.

Then why the dedication to post-9/11 veterans?

Poppycock.

http://trekmovie.com/2013/05/11/star-trek-into-darkness-dedicated-to-post-911-vets-four-vets-from-mission-continues-featured-in-film

Why wasn't this done with the first of the "reboot" series? The connection exists.

[discostu]

Why NOT dedicate the movie to the post 9-11 veterans? And really how is this dedication:
THIS FILM IS DEDICATED TO OUR POST-9/11 VETERANS
WITH GRATITUDE FOR THEIR INSPIRED SERVICE ABROAD
AND CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AT HOME.

trutherism?

As for why it wasn’t done in the first maybe JJ wasn’t involved with that charity then. It was only founded 2 years before that movie came out. Now he’s quite involved in it, gave stuff to their charity auctions.