Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-4913740-20140331092208/@comment-82.43.169.214-20141009215437

Weedle McHairybug, have you listened to the new Ground Zeroes tapes "Paz's Spy Log - Communications Record 1&2 (Unknown Correspondent)"? This is not the same as Paz's Diary tapes, these were newly recorded. They imply a retcon that someone other than Major Zero (probably Skull Face) ordered Paz to go through with hijacking Zeke and launching a nuke at the United States.

I say this is implied because she anticipates that Big Boss will reject Zero's offer and questions why Zero would want to have her fight/frame MSF after he raised them to safeguard his governance without borders. Then in the second tape she goes as far as questioning if the unknown correspondent is even Zero, then drops it. This could be the solution to the problem you were talking about.

The game seems to be trying to pin Zero's perceived hostility on Skull Face instead. This would be why the intro text tries to make Zero seem like he sent Paz peacefully and why Paz in the tape with Skull Face has her saying Cipher would never harm Big Boss. All this could only be down to Kojima trying to address the whole FOXHOUND plothole so the ending fits IMHO.