It's in no way canon, but I imagine SHIELD did not elect to bring in War Machine because Colonel Rhodes and the War Machine armor were both being held in a state of legal limbo after it was discovered that the suit was stolen property that had been enhanced by a man who'd ordered the murder of French nationals and the bombing of a French prison to conceal the escape of the son of a traitor to America, who hacked the suit and caused it to participate in Christ knows how much death and property damage.
...Okie-dokie, so, that just happened.BunnyKillBot said:Bob Chipman, I name you hypocrite and coward for not picking out the shoehorned in clichéd trope feast of a love story for the one token female character who just had to have a soppy love story because she's a chick like.
I thought better of you.