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I’m a Doctor, not a counterinsurgent.

— The Doctor · Star Trek: Voyager

Painterly stopwatch, stethoscope and clear oxygen mask arranged on navy blue.
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An editorial interpretation.

The speaker asserts a professional identity as a medical doctor and rejects the role of counterinsurgent. It is a compact refusal: healing is their job, and fighting an insurgency is not, so they resist taking on military duties.

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