User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: What is Cinder's plan?/@comment-10390252-20140808112348/@comment-24218038-20140808123056

It's not impossible that Ironwood could be Cinder's boss but he seems more like a misguided individiual then a mastermind. He really think he can save lives by putting robots instead of humans on the front lines.

He's a soldier, rarely have I seen subtility out of them.

You even undermine your theory by thinking that Cinder would betray him without even knowing her intention in the first place. I think you feel like me that he wouldn't make a good mastermind.

Still, I could be wrong