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I\'m not really too comfortable with the BrokenAesop entry. Yes, I know we can argue the quality of Modern Warfare 2\'s writing until we\'re blue in the face, but let\'s examine this: The {{Aesop}} is that WhyDontYaJustShootHim is not the solution to a complex conflict and the politics involved therein, specifically, shooting the leader of a terrorist organization will accomplish nothing at best, and make things worse at...well, worst, because killing one man means someone \'\'will\'\' take his place. The problem with the argument that Allen could\'ve just shot Makarov and turned himself into the Russians is that \'\'no one knows\'\' if there\'s another Makarov to replace him, the same way Makarov was another Zakheav. When Soap shot Zakheav, Makarov himself wasn\'t on the radar, and if anyone even knew he existed, no one knew he was soon to be a grand threat. Yes, Shepard is the \'\'real\'\' BigBad and Shepard\'s plans hinge on Makarov being alive, but Shepard doesn\'t control the Ultranationalists; he has no say over what they do if Makarov dies and he loses his insider (and that\'s assuming we even go with the idea that Shepard isn\'t manipulating Makarov without his knowledge; if he \'\'is,\'\' then Makarov\'s death solves even less, because Shepard can just play the same game with his successor. At worst, he\'d be delayed.)
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I\\\'m not really too comfortable with the BrokenAesop entry. Yes, I know we can argue the quality of Modern Warfare 2\\\'s writing until we\\\'re blue in the face, but let\\\'s examine this: The {{Aesop}} is that WhyDontYaJustShootHim is not the solution to a complex conflict and the politics involved therein, specifically, shooting the leader of a terrorist organization will accomplish nothing at best, and make things worse at...well, worst, because killing one man means someone \\\'\\\'will\\\'\\\' take his place. The problem with the argument that Allen could\\\'ve just shot Makarov and turned himself into the Russians is that \\\'\\\'no one knows\\\'\\\' if there\\\'s another Makarov to replace him, the same way Makarov was another Zakheav. When Soap shot Zakheav, Makarov himself wasn\\\'t on the radar, and if anyone even knew he existed, no one knew he was soon to be a grand threat. The entire point is that even if you think you can solve everything with one bullet in the right place, you\\\'re hiding under a blanket of false security; you \\\'\\\'can never be completely sure.\\\'\\\'
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So, Allen shooting Makarov is the \'\'exact same mistake,\'\' and would be completely ignoring the lesson.
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Yes, Shepard is the \\\'\\\'real\\\'\\\' BigBad and Shepard\\\'s plans hinge on Makarov being alive, but Allen didn\\\'t know that (this is why Allen is legitimately tragic; he does what he does because he believes he\\\'s ultimately helping to take the entire orginization down, so they \\\'\\\'can\\\'t\\\'\\\' recover by replacing a dead leader, but his actions ultimately don\\\'t do anything of the sort.)
