Talk:Executive Order/@comment-1978336-20120816023635

Awesome story, I'm happy to have it in Catalyst. But just an important heads-up:

 * WARNING: Zero Hour Spoilers Below * 

Zero Hour is going to explain several of MW2 ' s plot holes, such as why the Russians don't see straight through Makarov's plot even though all of the attackers except Allen don't look at all like they're American and despite the bodies of two Russians being discovered at the airport in addition to Allen's body; the Inner Circle knew that while civilians would likely buy their cover as American troops, the Russians authorities wouldn't, so Makarov tries to make the attack look like it was carried out by a group of less experienced Russian terrorists being backed by the American military and trying (but failing) to look like American soldiers. However, Shepherd knows all about Makarov's scheme, and he knows that the Russian government still isn't going to buy it. So Shepherd sends Allen to pose as an Inner Circle agent and also lets word slip to Makarov that Allen/Borodin is a CIA deep cover agent. Makarov then has Allen participate in the attack so that he can kill Allen and leave his body at the scene so that the Russian authorities think that the Americans sent him to lead/oversee the attack. Leonid Voratvanov covers up any remaining details that could potentially have connected the attack to the Inner Circle after the fact as well.