User blog comment:Zero McClane/Solid Snake = Major villain of MGS?/@comment-68.51.168.202-20120809204332

That's an interesting take, and though I agree... Solid Snake has never once called himself a hero, perhaps a 'legend' but no hero. I don't think Hideo Kojima has ever referred to him as a hero either.

Instead, Solid Snake's the kind of guy that understands what he does is probably wrong, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do and he's just doing what he thinks is situationally the best.