>picard makes a big deal out of defending cardies and even throws his own comrade to the wolves over it, in favour of the cardies
>the next decade would see countless cardie atrocities, war crimes and them repeatedly trying to conquer/destroy the alpha quadrant alongside the dominion
Big fucking Picard L here, Maxwell was 100% right and the cardies fucking deserved it
Picard honestly just comes off as a fucking weak-willed appeaser so much in TNG when you consider what so many of the Fed's enemies would do right after TNG. Bro is basically the Neville Chamberlain of the 2380s.