Preserving Human Sovereignty and Independence In Responding to Extraterrestrial InterventionIntroductionIn a highly symbolic speech aboard the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln on May 2, President George Bush declared that large scale military hostilities in Iraq were over. Using the inherent symbolism of his historic predecessor who used military force to bring liberty to America's slave population, Bush was signaling that US military intervention had similarly brought liberty to Iraq's oppressed population. Contrary to widespread predictions of regional upheaval, the US had succeeded in its bold military intervention against the former regime of Saddam Hussein. Aside from the continuing moral and...