: Can't help you there. I've never seen the Braga quote anywhere before. The "hawkish shift" (a term I've never been comfortable with) should be deleted as POV (I don't know why I never cut it before). The 3rd season Xindi arc was indeed inspired by 9/11 and the War on Terror, and it has been acknowledged by the producers that elements of both it and the fourth season Vulcan arc also reflected on the search for WMD. But as it currently sits it implies the whole series follows the War on Terror when isn't true since half the first season had been filmed when 9/11 happened and I can't think of any direct reference to it in season 2. I support these two statements being deleted if they can't be sourced.