Breather Assignment Politics and Foreign Affairs

In Iron Man, weapons industrialist Tony Stark after a near death experience involving his own weapons, sets out to change the world first by halting the manufacture of all Stark weapons, and then by donning a high powered suit of armor to become the hero Iron Man. At first glance this movie is as it seems, an action packed blockbuster. However, by looking beneath the surface the viewer can see that this can be seen as an allegory for the United States quite often taking part in world changing events only after its own interests have been threatened.