User blog comment:JoshCF1/The State of the Call of Duty series./@comment-1840877-20110214165307/@comment-1840877-20110214193027

Okay, to rebut all those points:

1. The US Navy were pissed off with the Russians for invading the US (Shepherd mentions a counter-strike operation in the opening cutscene for TOEDWY), that's why they got a bit trigger-happy.

2. IW didn't bother explaining that, as it does not affect gameplay. How boring would it be if it was like, "O yar the russians only got a few hundred men on the ground and we killed em all"?

3. Did you ever consider this theory: Russia knew it was a Makarov attack, but thought he was supplied by the US (American weapons, etc.)?

4. That was Price thinking outside the box. Ghost screaming, "Wait, Price, NO!" kinda suggests it wasn't planned.

5. Shepherd needed a scapegoat, so he could avenge the 30,000 Marines killed in 2011. Makarov was just the guy.

Owned.