Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-4913740-20140331092208/@comment-4913740-20140331130641

You raise some good points, I never raised this as an infallible theory, just a possibility.

Zero has made a fair amount of effort to tarnish Big Boss's reputation in Peace Walker. However, if the pseudo-Side Ops are canon (which is unclear at the moment - I think perhaps one or two might be), then the JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff) were clients with MSF with jobs pertaining to the investigation of Camp Omega. I mean, they were even indebted to Snake for neutralising the Peace Walker incident.

While Peace Walker also suggests at the end that the entire world will hunt MSF, there doesn't seem to be any evidence of that at the beginning of Ground Zeroes. True, the IAEA demands to inspect the base, but there's no threat of any war declaration if refused. The events of Ground Zeroes are sometime after Peace Walker even, so perhaps the whole world was not aware of the events that transpired with ZEKE.

The whole mistaken identity thing regarding XOF and FOX might be a bit farfetched. But the premise of Zero being incapable to stop Big Boss's return could still be valid. Depending on how the events of The Phantom Pain play out, we could see Boss redeem his image in the United States.

There could also be the possibility of the old saying - "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Zero could be forced to decide who is the lesser of two evils, and perhaps that is Snake and Diamond Dogs.

Just food for thought. As iron sharpens iron, our discussions can refine our ideas as to what could happen in The Phantom Pain.