>The Boss is a man who never went to space, so he makes some sense
>His defection is real because the US was planning to give the Cobra Unit a suicide mission
>Jack was left out because he didn't want him involved
>Jack is sent on an actual suicide mission to kill his master and his apprentices and succeeds in contrary to everyone's expectations
>The US feared a Caesar-like figure in the US military after the whole loss of faith and humanity after both world wars, which is why the aforementioned suicide mission was planned
>Jack becomes that figure in Big Boss except even worse
>the philosophers/patriots don't exist because they made no fucking sense to begin with