As a Trek fan and non-ped, I think the article fits the wacko-theory thread the Corner has going today.
First it’s Saddam on Euros. I e-mailed to Jonah the “real” reason according to a professor I had that we went into Bosnia: Labor unions. (I’m not making that up, to him or you, that a real prof at a real U said that.)
The other reader talked about the blind date that believed POTUS controlled aircraft from a Manhattan basement while visiting a school in Florida. And now this Trek piece.
The answer to all of the aforementioned: Back up slowly, turn, and run. (And keep running till you get to LA.)

L.A. plug!!! You coming?