You look well, General. The past few months have been good to you.
Mrs. Waller, due respect, this reassignment is a joke. Never thought I'd become a desk drone.
I can't help you there. Langley all but scrapped Project Cadmus and insisted on your transfer. We're lucky we're not all in jail.
Look, the only mistake we made was trusting Luthor.
Wade. You know better than to dwell on the past.
I'm talking about right now. The Justice League is still the single greatest threat to global security.
I used to believe that too. But remember: we used to say the same about the Soviets. Our enemies are never as evil as we imagine... and maybe we're never quite as good.
Nuts. Don't tell me the bleeding hearts in Congress got to you.
I'd eat them alive.
You would too. You've got some onions, Amanda.
Then listen to me. I'm not the League's greatest fan, but their intentions are good. I can work with them.
What if you're wrong, though? Turns out the metahumans aren't on the side of the angels? We won't have any way to defend ourselves. Look what happened last year: Superman walked into Cadmus and tossed our best men like a salad.
Oh, for heaven's sake.
What's to stop him from doing it again? They're all orbiting us with a space weapon, supposedly decommissioned. That's a much bigger threat than the Russians ever were. If we'd rolled over like this with the Soviet Union, given up our nukes...
We'd all be living under a red flag?
Yes, ma'am, you'd better believe it. After all our work, what did Cadmus accomplish? You get a reprimand, I'm pushing pencils, and the League gets another base here on Earth, that Metro Tower. When one side loses ground and the other side gains, that isn't a truce - it's a surrender!
It's a different world, General. Learn to live in it.
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