So, an episode that says sometimes it's okay to stand back and not stop a genocide?
And that it's sad that it happened, but there's nothing you can really do, because that's the way history had to go? And anyway, the victims were dangerous and carried out a terrible attack and might not actually have been sentient, or at least not in the way that we are? So who's to say that it's not for the best?
Were the Martians supposed to be Israel, and was the Valles Marineris scar supposed to be Oct. 7th, and is the Enterprise crew supposed to be the rest of the world who just need to step back and let history take its course?
Was this a stealth pro-Israeli genocide episode?
EDIT: Think about how the Martian commander is presented as a noble tragic figure who only wants to protect her people, and maybe she goes too far, but she has the best intentions. And then think about how Pike said he'd do the exact same thing she did, when what she did was end a species with a planet killer. Does that strike you as odd?