"It's a free state, yes, but it has rusty nuclear arms and can float towards any other country to put them in range of them if it wants to," Sharon pointed out to Lensherr. "We already have two man-childs saber-rattling with their nukes, a third player entering the ring with a known history of making good on his threats might push everyone where we don't want to go. Please don't push that card far. And I still say petitioning for the UN may look like a legal waste, but would help in legitimizing protection."
Scott asked about the integration project and she nodded. At least something good to talk on about the mutants. "I know it looks like a lipservice token team move, but they have done well, no one has asked to withdraw from the program. Their teams show no rejection or threat and everyone is seeing a counselor for help. If we can push this representation and exposure, it helps get the public's heads out of their asses, balances the amount of bad news with mutants."
She sighed, the rougher part of this meeting. "Unfortunately, when we push for progress, there are people who like the status quo where it is, want it where it was. They push back, hard." She grimaced after a beat. All of the work to get better, and some asshole comes in and undoes with a jackhammer of an order. "These powers are doing their best to screw us and they are not in line with the UN. I and the council are doing our best to poke holes in these cases from a legal and security standpoint, but these laws aren't their only line of attack. I have information, but need some from your sides as well."