First off, I’ll note that there’s essentially no Hollywood here, Iron Man was Marvel’s first in-house project.
Scond, I’ll note that the issues raised by Stark in the movie have been a standard part of the character since the late 50′s. Stark’s been ambivalent about building weapons since the inception of the modern version of the character, for the same reasons, their unfortunate propensity to end up in the wrong hands.
Third I’ll note that what Stark was having issues with was that somebody (Not the US Government) was busy selling his weapons to the bad guys who were using them to kill US Soldiers. He tried to shut down his weapons division very specifically UNTIL he could guarantee that this wouldn’t happen again. Stane of course was the bad guy, who was trying to guarantee a market by ensuring the terrorists (Who were actually working for long-time Iron Man baddy Mandarin, not an Al Qaeda clone, 10 rings refers to Mandarin’s rings) wouldn’t be getting their hands on more weapons.
The US Government and US Military were consistently portrayed as the good guys. Tony was ambivalent, Stane and the 10 Rings thugs were the bad guys. SHIELD also were good guys. No lefty politics there.
