User blog comment:Hawki/Nova Covert Ops, part 1 - Reflections/@comment-72.197.211.140-20160610165432/@comment-58609-20160611121449

This seems to be touching on different issues - the first seems to be on the "fact" that no-one in the Dominion military questioned Mengsk. Even casting aside Hauler, I don't doubt that misgivings might exist, but the idea that there should be more doubt? I disagree, as:

a) The Dominion has the benefit of "the other," namely two alien races and a plenthora of rebels. Any action can thus be justified in the name of survival. This concept is hardly unheard of in fiction or reality.

b) Suggesting that Mengsk orchestrated the fall of Tarsonis is going to sound like a conspiracy theory. Zerg were overruning worlds before Tarsonis, suggesting that your beloved leader somehow orchestrated it is not only far-fetched to the everyday person, but it's an unpleasant prospect to contemplate. Doesn't help that by proxy, an element of "the other" was used as a weapon by the very government founded on the basis of providing protection from "the other."

c) Given the spectrum of human personalities, if you assume that people in the Dominion military get uneasy, then that still allows for rebellion (e.g. Hauler), belief in a system that, while imperfect, is considered better than the alternative (you can point to Warfield), or apathy/indifference.

Moving onto Mal, you're assuming that the DoM would know of the relationship between him and Nova (highly unlikely), and that they could find him (a great effort).