I debated whether or not to make them that incompetent but if you think about it if they had actually had a contingency plan for Superman in place I think the confrontation in Texas with Zod and Co. might have gone differently. I am still working on the next part so I don't know when it will get posted. Soon, I hope.

CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx.
JONATHAN: A jinx?
CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me.
-"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)