In 2012’s The Avengers, one of the film’s most macabre moments came when the World Security Council decided to nuke New York after they felt that the Chitauri invasion couldn’t be stopped. As much as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes were trying, the sinister powers-that-be didn’t want Loki’s alien army to escape alive. Fortunately, Nick Fury and Iron Man would thwart the nuke because they believed in the team, and in Stark’s case, self-preservation. However, in The Tomorrow War, the movie puts a dark twist on that aspect of the Battle of New York.
Fury resisted the bombing in The Avengers, despite valid points being made by the World Security Council. Granted, no one with a spine would condone such an act because it would kill a lot of innocent people, but the members of the council came from a global defense angle, believing the sacrifice of Manhattan would save billions by eviscerating the present threat.
