Jack of Harts

There was very little fighting in the Core Worlds before The War.  Raids and even outright invasions were not uncommon in the Outer Colonies though.  Other than a few high profile colonies, they were people who wanted to leave Earth far behind, so most citizens of Earth didn’t worry about them.  So there was very little protest of any kind over news of small conflicts out there that took over a year to make it to Earth.