User blog comment:Zero McClane/Solid Snake = Major villain of MGS?/@comment-1971498-20131201171836/@comment-1672596-20131201183709

Yeah, unfortunately, peace is but an excuse for control. Kojima made that view pretty clear in Peace Walker (where the so-called "child of peace" was in actuality a Patriot plant meant to place the world under totalitarian control). It even shows itself in real life where several of the so-called "peace movements" during the Cold War (including Vietnam, especially, but also in Korean War, to some extent) were in actuality fronts for the KGB or the USSR to weaken morale over here in the USA, ignoring or otherwise fully supporting any atrocities caused by the USSR. Oh, and speaking of Peace Walker, the guy they frequently quoted, Immanuel Kant, basically supported wholeheartedly the carnage and bloodbath that was the French Revolution, so I don't place any trust on his theories of peace.

Also, the overall view of the Metal Gear franchise is in fact Nietzschean (otherwise known as nihilism). The Piggyback guide for Metal Gear Solid 3 made that very clear.