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The UN mission failure

posted 3 years ago by asom (6864)
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I read that as an US sabotage of the mission - although it was not explicit in the movie the timing and everything about it lead me to that conclusion.

[–] JustinUK (49) 3 years ago

I think it was more of a comment on the bureaucracy of the UN will always mean they are too late to be effective. They had 6 months and they attempted to launch just a few days before impact.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 3 years ago

yes, Hanlon's Razor - Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

[–] Strazdas (2472) 3 years ago

Thats a great way to keep being conned over and over again.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 3 years ago

that is a valid point

[–] asom (6864) 3 years ago

Well, they didn't bother for a while because initially they have hopped that USA will blow it up, as planned. So it's not quite UN fault , although they are indeed shortsighted and should have had a backup solution in case the US mission falis.

[–] Alocirp (683) 3 years ago

I got the same vibes there as well. While I can't claim any definitive proof of sabotage, it did strike me as fairly certain to be the case.

Nice pick-up.

[–] naDaht (1087) 3 years ago

Corporate sabotage.