Thread:Theh5/@comment-5441128-20180929173642/@comment-24968221-20181001151611

The writers certainly intended to potray all three, Woolsey, Bauer, Kinsey, as an antagonists but not as enemies (with the exception of Kinsey becoming a Goa'uld). But all three also have clear motives which discerns them from enemies:

Woolsey: He wants civilians, like you and me, to know what the military is doing with our taxes and for us to have a vote in the decisions. He wanted to avoid the military dictating technology and power garnished from the Stargate technology, to ensure that the military was kept in check--that's the same reason why Weir was selected as the next Stargate Command and then Atlantis Expedition leader; she's a civilian. And Woolsey turned on his contractors (Kinsey & N.I.D.) when he learned what they were capable of, at the risk of his own life (as both Kinsey & the N.I.D. were capable of assassination). Ultimately, he doesn't seem like an enemy to me.

Kinsey was similar to Woolsey in some extent (obviously, they joined forces), but Kinsey was motivated by fear. Due to being unable to suspend the project with his own authority; he joined forces with the N.I.D.. For all we know, Kinsey was blackmailed by them much during the series--but that's only empty speculation. The only aspects of his motivies that we truly know is that: his acts to suspend the project were valid. The Asgard protected Earth, the only accomplishments continued use of the Stargate project (at that time) were having the Goa'uld find other methods to attack Earth (such as launching an asteroid toward Earth). The continued use of the Stargate project gained much, though, but at a significant gamble. Kinsey is a pragmatist; he doesn't believe in a gamble, the phrase nothing ventured; nothing gained means little to him. All he knew was how to ensure the continued survival of Earth and that was suspending the Stargate project/replacing members in it with those he personally trusted. Ultimately, he didn't gamble with Earth's safety like the Stargate Program did, though he went too far in his attempt to stop it.

Henry Bauer is identical to Maybourne in that all soldiers are merely puppets who abides by their orders, had they not then they would merely have been replaced. Compare Woolsey when he was the leader of the Atlantis Expedition to Hammond when he lead Stargate Command; Hammond violated many protocols that Woolsey followed and the difference was that SGC had an easier time than the Atlantis Expedition and that is why it was targeted by such factions as the N.I.D. but why the Atlantis Expedition wasn't--one was following the rules and the other was not.