User blog comment:AugFC/Black Ops 3's story - explained/@comment-1187559-20160112220903/@comment-3967954-20160112221505

You're right. I addressed that on this thread (which is more in-depth than this blog and provides additional perspective in the comments):

https://www.reddit.com/r/blackops3/comments/408nvf/proposing_complete_explanation_of_campaign/