[cripplecreek]

Sounds like a pretty standard plot theme going back some 50 years.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Boogieman]

Yeah, they had a “false flag” plot in Star Trek VI, didn’t they?

[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.