History Fridge / JackRyanShadowRecruit

* Embee Deng, Jack Ryan's Ugandan bodyguard tells him that Viktor Cherevin hired him (and other foreign nationals) to work for his company as private bodyguards for foreign visitors who come to see him. Otherwise, they may be paranoid that a Russian serving as a private bodyguard may be working with or on behalf of the FSB[[note]]Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii or Federal Security Service[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Since Cherevin is working covertly on behalf of the Russian government to launch a terrorist attack on New York, it would make sense that he would use his own personal bodyguards to launch a hit on Ryan so that if any law enforcement agency tries to investigate his death, Moscow can deny that the FSB has nothing to do with it, given that they are allowed under Russian law to assassinate anyone who may be a threat to Russian interests.]]

* The plan Jack describes is said will crash the United States economy and send us into a Second Great Depression. Okay, but what about those countries dependent on the United States to buy their products? Even if China, for instance, gets new buyers in the form of the Russian Federation and Europe, it ''still'' doesn't equal the amount of money the United States spends buying Chinese goods each year. So they aren't going to rebound as Jack suggests -- unless by ''rebound'' he means ''settle for a lower standard of living''. (And let's not even discuss the countries dependent on the United States for humanitarian aid each year, because they are effectively screwed.) Even the Russians oil reserves won't help them, because who's gonna need oil or gas when you can't put food on the table?

* The plan Jack describes is said will crash the United States economy and send us into a Second Great Depression. Okay, but what about those countries dependent on the United States to buy their products? Even if China, for instance, gets new buyers in the form of the Russian Federation and Europe, it ''still'' doesn't equal the amount of money the United States spends buying Chinese goods each year. So they aren't going to rebound as Jack suggests -- unless by ''rebound'' he means ''settle for a lower standard of living''. (And let's not even discuss the countries dependent on the United States for humanitarian aid each year, because they are effectively screwed.)

* The plan Jack describes is said will crash the United States economy and send us into a Second Great Depression. Okay, but what about those countries dependent on the United States to buy their products? Even if China, for instance, gets new buyers in the form of the Russian Federation and Europe, it ''still'' doesn't equal the amount of money the United States spends buying Chinese goods each year. So they aren't going to rebound as Jack suggests -- unless by ''rebound'' he means, ''settle for a lower standard of living''. (And let's not even discuss the countries dependent on the United States for humanitarian aid each year, because they are effectively screwed.)

The plan Jack describes is said will crash the United States economy and send us into a Second Great Depression. Okay, but what about those countries dependent on the United States to buy their products? Even if China, for instance, gets new buyers in the form of the Russian Federation and Europe, it ''still'' doesn't equal the amount of money the United States spends buying Chinese goods each year. So they aren't going to rebound as Jack suggests -- unless by ''rebound'' he means, "settle for a lower standard of living". (And let's not even discuss the countries dependent on the United States for humanitarian aid each year, because they are effectively screwed.)

[[AC:Fridge Horror]]
* The Operator tells Jack that he survived because he was a Marine. What about those analysts who ''aren't'' former Marines? Does the CIA expect that a certain number of their employees are simply {{Redshirts}}?

*** I don't think he did. In fact, Embee's disappearance made Cherevin a bit more cautious at first.

** But why would Cherevin stop trying to kill Ryan just because his hitman disappeared? This should not have lessened any threat that Ryan posed.

* Embee Deng, Jack Ryan's Ugandan bodyguard tells him that Viktor Cherevin hired him (and other foreign nationals) to work for his company as private bodyguards for foreign visitors who come to see him. Otherwise, they may be paranoid that a Russian serving as a private bodyguard may be working with or on behalf of the FSB[[note]]Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii or Federal Security Service[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Since Cherevin is working covertly on behalf of the Russian government to launch a terrorist attack on New York, it would make sense that he would use his own personal bodyguards to launch a hit on Ryan so that if any law enforcement agency tries to investigate his death, Moscow can deny that the FSB has nothing to do with it, given that they are allowed under Russian law to assassinate anyone who may be a threat to Russian interests.]]