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Originally Posted by Vorenus
I agree : I have long wondered why the powers would have wanted to stop Celestial Being : morally, I don't know many people who don't think war is something that should never happened (and while war may be sometimes financially profitable, it is also a great toll on a country's economy budget) but not at all costs : No sovereign state likes to have things enforced on itself, especially by a power with no legitimity.
CB was indeed a threat to these countries and the power blocs had to stop them for the same reason Gilbert told Athrun that ZAFT was right to shot the Archangel and Freedom down : they couldn't afford to let such a massive and impredictable power freely and let them do whatever they wanted.
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Technically, you can say the same thing about each of the other world powers; why should they allow the other rivals to exist? Remember how Sergei was angry that AEU's arms trading practices caused HRL's elevator to come under attack by Helions? Or how the Union had a full squad of armed Flags flew right into HRL territory in secret?
CB was not massive, nor was it unpredictable. CB followed its declared doctrine to the letter for many months, which was the reason the trap in the desert worked. If CB was malicious and not do what it says when it suited them, the trap in China would never have worked as they would simply ignore the terrorists.
For all intent and purposes, CB was more reliable than the world powers; at least they do what they say they are doing.
The nations have "Legitimacy"? Does this "legitimacy" give authority to lie, cheat and rob whenever it wants?
I find it outragous for people to claim CB to be untrustworthy when the world powers were lying to each other and their own people over and over again, to the plain view of the audience. If you want to talk about trust, let's make it all-encompassing; Who lied more, CB or the world powers?