((The fact that you guys still do not understand how building a bunker full of defensive weapons can be viewed as a threat is disturbing. I really hope that those arguing this point only believe this as an in character thing. For those of you who actually pay attention in the world this very issue itself has the possiblity to leading to WWIII. Turn on the news sometime and take a look at Iran and their nuclear issue and America and the missile defense shield and Russias response. Russia responded by releasing the nuclear fuel to Iran which they were holding off from doing as a detterent to America))
It is all about detterents and security everyone. It seems that you all are either naive or just confused with why the machines are upset. Let me try to explain it for you. The machines indeed could destroy Zion whenever they wanted to. In fact Zion should be destroyed if Neo did not interfere. The truce ended with the machines holding a gun to the head of the Zionites. The machines were definitely threatened as well by the Program Smith, but Zion did not control that program and Zion was not on the verge of wiping out the machines.
If you go to your Zion archives and look at human history you will find that just 8 years before the current Matrix date of 1999 the Nation of Iraq was defeated by the United Nations mainly America. Iraq's leaders brokered a truce with the rest of the world. They were allowed to keep their leader and way of life. They were not allowed to construct more weapons which would endanger the region. They had a gun to their head at the time and the trigger was not pulled. During this time of Peace or truce Iraq secretly built more weapons, buikt more palaces, scammed the oil for food program, and was taking pop shots at American forces in the no fly zones. Iraq broke many resolutions which automatically causes a resumption of hostilities. And it did ending with Iraq being totally destroyed.
I wish us humans would learn from history and not repeat our mistakes because this is oddly similar to what is happening today. The truce ended with a gun pointed to Zions head. Sentinels halted the attack and stayed on stand by outside the walls of Zion, just like the American forces did to Iraq. Zion just like Iraq used that period of peace to rebuild its arsenal for "Defensive measures." Now why would building a defensive city be a threat to the machines you ask?
The fact that redpills now know that they are 100% protected they have the freedom to do whatever they wish. Whether that be stay with the truce, end the truce, attack the machines, attack the Matrix, attempt to go beyond waking 1% of the bluepills, etc... There will be no consequences of their actions. And since we know Zions past and that they want to be on equal footing with the machines it is only logical that the machines would fear that mostly. The last time humanity was on an equal footing with the machines they tried to commit genocide to the machines. If you were a machine you would never and I mean ever allow for that to happen again. Had Humans won the original war we would never ever allow the machines to be in a position where they can again launch an attack on us. They cannot risk sitting there and hoping that humanity will go against its nature to be dominant.
Now this is what I don't understand We have heard from Zionites and fake machinists condone Zion building a secret base for self defense. If I was a Zionite I would be the loudest voice screaming about Zions right to self defense. I would be on the front line sticking a middle finger to the machinists. I would be like Locke and admit that we have been destroyed 6 times by the machines. There is no way in hell we will let ourselves stay in a position where we can be destroyed again. I would admit that hell yeah we built up a new city. We believe that humans are slaves and that it is our duty as humans to free ourselves from bondage from the machine oppressors. It is our duty to take back what is rightfully and enheritantly ours. I would say we will no longer cower at the feet of the machines and beg them for our lives. Our lives our in our hands not the hands of the machines and we will fight to the very last man, woman, and child for freedom. I would argue that humans are not to be slaves and would rather be dead. I would then slap all the other Zionites who are coming out here and playing this game of we just wanted to expand our city. I would tell them not to be afraid to tell the truth just like Niobe and Rylet. I would tell them to prepare for war and invite all of the humans from all the organizations who believe as we do that Machines are not our masters to come down and stand with us. I would say that today is a day where we can actually defend ourselves from the machines. Today we are able to do what we have never done in the past and that is survive. I would say that humanity is not at threat to be wiped out because as long as machines need humans to survive they will maintain the Matrix. I would argue that we fight for our survival, our autonomy, and our freedom. I would be a better leader and Zionite than any of the ones arguing about this case right now.
After all that I would realize that we will no longer be able to enter the Matrix safely. I would realize that just like in the past when there were men better than me leading a force 100Xs more affective than mine that I would lose. I would realize that we just caused the deaths of everyone in Zion. I would acknowledge that therr are only two options of what will occur. Either we will be wiped out down here because the machines would eventually find away around our defenses, or they will bury us down here and we live out our days in freedom in new Zion never to see the surface, never to see the Matrix, and never to secure freedom for the 99% of humanity. I would then still be satisfied because at least I am free.
If you are a Zionite at least have the balls to say that. Stop dancing around the issue and trying to justify this as being the machines fault. Admit you had an agenda and that agenda is coming to fruition after two years. And if you don't know that this is a break of the truce then please go ask somebody or shut up. Even Zion leadership new it would end the truce which is why they kept it a secret. I guess since they were smart enough to know that, then that is why they are the leadership and left all you poor people out of the loop.
I have just shown you that I do understand better than most of you the Zion side of things. I am not one dimensional in thinking, but I am here to tell you that there is an alternative. There is a way out for all of us. The first step is to stop thinking about Zion and Zion alone. Think about all sentient beings. Think about saving everyone. Think as Neo thought. He did not just save Zion he saved everybody. Join those of us who are and have been trully working for this and not just buying time as Niobe has said. Join those Zionites, Merovingians, and machinists who believe as the Oracle said, "The only way to get there is together." I am Captain Sattakan and I fight for humanity.
"I will still plant my apple tree whose shade I know I will never sit under" - MLK Jr.
