MIC is comprised of Paperclipped Nazis who advanced the grey-reptilian cabal agenda.
At that time, I don't know if any Galactic Federation proxy operated on the surface, so the military got a lot of flak at that time. Even now, the military is divided between positive and negative, but since a lot of Love has been sent their way the vast majority of the military in the world today is positive and will assist in the liberation of the planet.
The only thing Cabal can do is hang onto their failsafes and bombs and hope the hostage situation lasts long enough for them to escape off-world. Which is not easy, at all, for many reasons including there is no way to do the escape and in fact nowhere to escape to.