I ' m familiar with the Syrian Civil war and arms dealing . But corporations don ' t provide security for terrorists groups without the oversight of the American government . The bullets Luthor gave to the rebels are explicitly manufactured only by Lexcorp there ' s still no reason for him to take this risk . They ' re not even better bullets , just bullets made with a different metal . There ' s no logical reason for him to give them these special Luthor bullets because there ' s a chance a reporter , or a government official could blow the whistle on his highly illegal gun running operations . Also why would anybody care that Superman supposedly killed a bunch of terrorists I get why government officials care but it doesn ' t seem like that would have any bearing on public opinion ? Wouldn ' t Lois who was actually there just tell them that Superman saved her and then they left ? Wouldn ' t it be obvious that it was just a rescue mission by Superman to save an America hostage ? If Superman flew to Iraq in real life and freed a bunch of journalists ISIS was holding hostage , people would love him . And they wouldn ' t care if he barbecued a few militants on the way in .