Originally posted by Black Adam
what was half ass about there funding again?
They were not properly trained or equiped to deal with the threat at hand. They said so themselves before proceding in.
Originally posted by Black Adam
judging from there mini they probably just heard a rumor from some random town person and decide to check it out to see if it were true or not.
Instead of notifying the authorities (who have been trained and have official procedures for these situations), they decided to go in on their own. It's really quite simple. If I hear a rumor that a bunch of criminals are hold up in a house in town, do I A) notify the authorities, or B) get my shotgun out of the closet and go in guns ablazing? Just because they have powers, doesn't qualify them to enforce the law in their own right and authority.
Originally posted by Black Adam
calling shield isn't that simple and doesn't always work.
REALLY? They could have notified local law enforcement, who would have contacted the Feds, who would've contacted SHIELD. That's how a chain of command and authority works.
Originally posted by Black Adam
If they even manged to get them to respond they would probably takes a day or two for them to act ....
SHIELD would asses the situation and respond as appropriate. They may just observe them and tail them until they were in an area that would not present so high a risk for civilian casualties. The WHOLE idea of going after criminals is to keep the public safe, not to catch the bad guys. If you have to wait to respond to keep people safe, that's what you do. If you have to let the bad guys go in order to protect the public, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO! The primary mission of ALL law enforcement is to PROTECT and SERVE. Those criminals did not warrent the actions that the New Warrior team took. The failed in their mission to PROTECT the public.
Originally posted by Black Adam
the Drax mini comes to mind were they got there days after the town had already been halfway destroyed and a lot of people had already been killed. The kid who was putting out the distress calls to most of the super hero teams and organizations kept getting answering machines.If it isn't NYC or Washington the response isn't always that fast.
Yet you have STILL failed to show any evidence that these criminals posed a clear and present danger to the public that warrented an immediate response and apprehension.
Originally posted by Grimm22
Well terrorists hide out in heavily civilan populated areas. Because they know that people will be more reluctant to attack them there.
If a precision strike cannot be achieved, then you either discretely evacuate the area of civilians, or don't attack at all. You wait, and observe the target until a better moment to strike. Yes, you may lose the target while tracking, but that option is preferrable to the collateral damage in civilains lives and property that will likely occur by not waiting.