On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:51:47 GMT, Stephen Horgan
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:48:36 GMT, wrote:

It is simply a fact that a significant space-faring
civilization would be able to do whatever it wanted with the obsolete
nations of the earth.

Only if they had completely ceded control of orbital space; not very
likely in the face of any significant developments in the field of
offensive space capability.

A space-faring civilization would have no trouble eliminating any
plausible earth-orbital defenses. Just put a small comet into a
retrograde low earth orbit, and watch the fireworks.

-- Roy L