Okay, here is another thing. Based on CA:TWS – The Winter Soldier largely sucks at the job they gave him. The job that HYDRA threw him at. No, wait hear me out.
It’s not discussed much in the MCU except in very elided terms (yay, movies and narrative) but it’s pretty clear if you fill in the…
So after more thought (and a few fan fic stories that point it out) I’ve come to realize that Pierce is still monumentally wasteful but for slightly different reasons.
He clearly thinks/feels he can throw away the Winter Soldier (Asset) after this mission because once Project Insight goes live he won’t need a high maintenance, low return rate to do the dirty work. Why would he need someone that travels when he can push a button in DC to make it happen?
And here is where I still think that’s probably stupid. We don’t as an audience know how effective Project Insight will be. If there are any possible counter measures that can stop it. Based on the immediate targets we know that they were looking on taking out Tony Stark in the first wave – and he’s our most likely candidate in the MCU to be able to come up with an effective response to it which means they are either being smart or they were nervous or both about his capabilities.
It’s Pierce putting all of his evil empire eggs in one basket. I mean, it does make the Death Star look like good planning – it was very clear in the movies that the giant black space station was meant as a propaganda tool – and the helicarriers aren’t. That thought may fall apart with more reflection but we’ll see.
Anyway, I think Pierce is believing in his own press and that of the people around him way too much, fortunately for Cap and his merry band.
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