[mowowie]

Yea, I remember the council of twelve or whatever foolishly wanted the Galactica to lay down her arms and appease the Cylons on a promise from them to leave the Humans alone. This right after a similar agreement nearly wiped out our race. Those idiot libs never learn. Of course the strong leader Adama, Like Bush, Held firm and saved those fruits butts once again.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

Glen Larson's two sf shows of the time, Galactica and Buck Rogers, both warned against the dangers of laying down your arms to make peace with your enemy, though in Buck Rogers they managed to expose the truth and avoid disaster. Galactica was unabashedly pro-military and a harsh critic of appeasement (witness the times when the Council of Twelve wanted to end the war and stop the fighting, but then something would happen and Adama would be proven right). Galactica had a lot of good things to say about human freedom, values and faith. This new show just strikes me as cynical. I actually like Ronald Moore's work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but he's mismatched with Battlestar Galactica.