User blog comment:Dempsey141/bad intel/@comment-1079585-20100224170556

@ Griever: /claps

The opening cutscene actually did a decent job of explaining what happened between the games.

To answer some of your questions, Makarov was much more extreme than the current president, and said that the president was dishonoring Zakhaev's ideals. That's why Makarov was still committing attacks in Russia. This can be scene in newspaper articles in the game.

Sheperd wanted to start a war with Russia on American soil so that more people would join the Army and he could become the greatest war hero in American history. It is generally believed that he worked with Makarov. This all explains why he betrayed the 141. As for the safe house guy, no idea.

Stupid storyline overall, although it was a great example of how to do a good job telling a bad story.