Iron Man comes back and says basically the defense industry is evil and they’ll only make green power generators.
“Iron Man comes back and says basically the defense industry is evil and they’ll only make green power generators.”
Stark does not say the defense industry is evil, but he stops his own defense sales because his weapons got into the hands of terrorists (who almost killed him with a Stark product). He thought he had a better way (a more personal touch) with his battle armor. How the long term plays out in Stark Industries will be seen in later movies. I suspect Stark will be working on more directed technology to stop fighters who hide among the civilian population.
The military is portrayed in a very positive light in the movie. Their hands are tied by circumstances and civilian leadership (can anyone say Pakistan which is starting to look like Cambodia and Laos all over again).