If (next of many If's)

If we'd taken control of the high orbitals in the 1970's (like we should have, and easily could have), we wouldn't have these problems today.

The original: Daniel O. Graham 's "High Frontier". Followers: search "Kinetic Kill Weapon" or read (almost) anything by "New York Times Best-selling" Science Fiction Authors David Weber and John Ringo.

Now why did I think of this?