Yes. They have more to fear from us getting mad than they do of the United Earth. That government is far away. We are here. And we are not helpless.

[ He thought for a moment, thinking about what had happened, and the steps that they had gone through. ]

Perhaps, perhaps not. I think that they are a bit too transparent to do such a thing. It may be naive of me, but the ones I have spoken to have simple minds.