Heroes are made in America.

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E11/E12/E14 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.