Well, here I'm fictional, so if you want to learn more about my world watch the two newest Star Trek movies. There's a few TV series and movies that show what was supposed to happen that started about 50 years ago, but thanks to some time traveling Romulans my life changed drastically from what the other Jim Kirk went through.
I'm thinking that might be what Marcus was trying to do. As much as I hate the idea that we even need to be on the offensive, I think it's inevitable. Where I'm from we have the Klingons causing trouble, but if other races that showed up in the shows here show up in my home universe we have a whole lot of trouble on the horizon.