User blog comment:AdvancedRookie/Activision hints at more frequent DLC and content variety/@comment-190.148.9.215-20120105201601/@comment-3967954-20120105205541

Yeah, I'm certain that they wouldn't have all that commotion when Soap died if he just passed out. But you did say "imagine", so I guess what you're suggesting is a non-canon sort of thing.