Iron Man: It's A Wonderful Life
Chapter Three
December 2
"-Stark should be held responsible!"
"That's absurd. Bill - he didn't instigate the attacks. He's not preventing the President from retaliating."
"They're using his weapons, Jon! It's his weapons they've been using to kill our men and women over there. Why hasn't Stark come forward? Why hasn't he stepped up with some mea culpa, or at least condemned these heathens for their actions?"
"I just want to know where they got their hands on Stark Industries weaponry? He's been out of that racket for nearly four years now."
"It's disgusting. We've been begging, pleading, practically on our knees - not even these past six, seven, months, but since the day he stopped production - for him to reconsider, and after all that self-abasement, we still get no recognition from anyone at Stark Industries. No explanation for why he's turned his back on his own government, beyond a change of heart. Why has this injustice never been addressed? What are their motives?"
"You think he has ulterior motives?"
"Look at the facts: Supposedly, they haven't been making weapons in years. We're certainly not getting any, but now someone has some. Where did they come from?"
"There are any number of explanations, you can't think they're keeping quiet just to-"
"Keep their customers happy?"
"…Are you really calling Tony Stark a-"