As an outsider who had always maintained contact with surface dwellers, Namor could be considered well-versed in humanity. While ignorant aliens swarmed toward New York like flies smelling honey, his better understanding of America led him to attack Washington D.C.
Of course, that was probably just the pot calling the kettle black. No matter what, he had still chosen America as his target.
Launching tsunamis across the globe was merely the beginning, a means of creating chaos. His objective differed from that of the other invaders.
The Dark Elves wanted a place to live. Chthon had promised them the North American continent once the matter was settled, so their actions targeted only those who resisted them. They did not go out of their way to hunt down ordinary people who obediently stayed home.
The Trolls were simple folk. They merely wanted to violently demand their unpaid wages. Rescued by Chthon during Ragnarök, they now obeyed the Great Shadow without question. After learning that Asgard had crashed onto Earth, they had come to kill Thor and Loki.
As for Hevenheim's angels, their thoughts were the most complicated. They wanted territory, gold, gems, and all those sparkling things. They wanted revenge against the Asgardians, and they also wanted to satisfy their bloodlust.
Namor and the Atlanteans were completely different from those other 'Seductive Bitches.' They had received the Serpent God's command, and out of his hatred for humanity, Namor was even willing to perish together with them.
Thus, his target was humanity's weapons: the Nuclear Fusion Weapons created by Howard using a new element, the good stuff once used in Japan that produced blue mushroom clouds when they exploded.
America had manufactured countless such weapons and placed the launch codes and remote control in a little black box. That box was in