History Headscratchers / Battlefield3

* Misfit 1-3 ran into, and ended up being attacked by, the Russian paratroopers, and Cole, being the [[SarcasmMode reliable leader that he is,]] immediately assumed that because there were paratroopers attacking the Marines, and Kaffarov happened to have ties with the PLR, [[InsaneTrollLogic the Russian military was therefore working to protect Kaffarov, and by proxy, were working with the PLR.]] Montes, for his part, was [[LampshadeHanging just as confused]] as to why they're fighting the Russians. As for why the Russians attacked the unit in the first place, I have no clue.

* Misfit 1-3 ran into, and ended up being attacked by, the Russian paratroopers, and Cole, being the [[SarcasmMode reliable leader that he is,]] immediately assumed that because there were paratroopers attacking the Marines, and Kaffarov happened to have ties with the PLR, [[InsaneTrollLogic the Russian military was therefore working to protect Kaffarov, and by proxy, were working with the PLR.]] Montes , for his part, was [[LampshadeHanging just as confused]] as to why they're fighting the Russians. As for why the Russians attacked the unit in the first place, I have no clue.

* Misfit 1-3 ran into, and ended up being attacked by, the Russian paratroopers, and Cole, being the [[SarcasmMode reliable leader that he is,]] immediately assumed that because there were paratroopers attacking the Marines, and Kaffarov happened to have ties with the PLR, [[InsaneTrollLogic the Russian military was therefore working to protect Kaffarov, and by proxy, were working with the PLR.]] Montes and Campo, for their part, were [[LampshadeHanging just as confused]] as to why they're fighting the Russians. As for why the Russians attacked the unit in the first place, I have no clue.

* Misfit 1-3 ran into, and ended up being attacked by, the Russian paratroopers, and Cole, being the [[SarcasmMode reliable leader that he is,]] immediately assumed that because there were paratroopers attacking the Marines, and Kaffarov happened to have ties with the PLR, [[InsaneTrollLogic the Russian military was therefore working to protect Kaffarov, and by proxy, were working with the PLR.]] Montes and Campo, for their part, were [[LampshadeHanging just as confused]] as to why they're fighting the Russians. As for why the Russians attacked the unit in the first place, I have no idea clue.

That whole mission makes no sense. The Russians deploy several companies just to cover three GRU operatives on a mission to capture Kaffarov, then they engage U.S. troops, who are also after Kaffarov, for literally no reason other than "Die Americans!". Wouldn't there be some sort of negotiation between the US and Russian governments? Seems DICE just needed an excuse to have Russian enemies in BF3's story.

** Well, actually, considering this takes place during the post-9/11 world AND France is no stranger to terrorist actions (such as the Air France Flight 8969 Hijacking in '94 and subsequently the famous intervention by the GIGN) so it's very unlikely this is something they would just blow off even if they did doubt the authenticity (After all, the US government didn't act immediately when the Jordanian GID tried to warn them of Al Queada's plans to destroy the WTC, and this NOT the kind of mistake most government agencies would want to have repeated twice.) Plus, since the Spetz team had the general area where the exchange was taking place, they could've given coordinates to the Gendarmerie who could have easily scrambled a team to seal off the area or at least evacuate key government officials. Plus nobody seems to question the logic behind the "Russia did it" excuse; for starters, what could they possibly ''gain'' from nuking the hell out of a nation that has done nothing to antagonize them or has little to no value trying to destroy and/or occupy? One of the reasons the Cold War stayed cold is because the USSR realized that long-term invasion and occupation of the American mainland was too difficult and costly and just not worth the effort, and the turbulent Russian economic state since the fall of the Berlin Wall had devastating effects on their military spending thus making them even more ill-prepared than at the height of the Cold War. But the [[IdiotPlot plot]] apparently can't progress the way the developers wanted if everyone ''didn't'' think it was still 1986 and that Russia has nothing better to do than pointless evil for pointless evil's sake...[[spoiler: And Solomon being an informant doesn't count because the CIA takes accusations of breaches and double agents VERY seriously and would've hauled him in for a lengthy psyche evaluation the very minute he slashed Miller's neck open.]]

I'm assuming that since the frostbite games are loosely connected (story wise), what does that make of Battlefield 2? I would assume that the PLA are an earlier incarnation of the MEC which name-changed after the 2007 war, where they staged a coup in "Neutral" Iran, which segued into the events of Battlefield 3.

[[WMG: Is the canon for BF3 related to BF2 and Bad Company?]]

I'm assuming that since the frostbite games are loosely connected (story wise), what does that make of BF2? I would assume that the PLA are an earlier incarnation of the MEC which name-changed after the 2007 war, where they staged a coup in "Neutral" Iran, which segued into the events of BF3.

* My guess is that it's meant to show the "inner fire" within every soldier.

[[WMG: Why exactly did Black have to kill his CO?]]

* Dima, remember? Cole was fully committed to fighting the Russians, and just lost two of his men to them; if he saw Black fraternising with one, he likely would have shot Dima on sight and branded Black a traitor.

* An equally good question is why did Cole shoot Black if he failed the QTE? What so my superior officer can frag me for talking, but I can't frag him for trying to shoot me.
** It's implied that he does not initially recognise Black; the bright light from the sun makes it hard to see that it's even Cole who's talking to you, and he addresses you in unfamiliar terms ("I said get down on the ground!")-- for all he knew, Black might have been a Russian. It's not an unreasonable assumption, given how the suspicious the devastation around the villa must look to the Marines who just arrived.

*** Problem with that is that Black's being hit with the sunlight in such a way (from the front) in that the light should've made it entirely obvious that Cole was looking at Black. How could he not recognize one of his own in near-ideal lighting?

* The explosion ghost theory is the best one so far. I'll go with that one.

* The soldier has a chemlight attached to his vest that's obscured by the title.