Warning: Spoilers ahead, if haven't played Black Ops 2 and don't want anything spoiled leave now.
Right, on with business. In the new Black OPs 2 game there is a mission where you (Alex Mason) fight alongside the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviet army. At the end of the mission the Mujahideen commander betrays your group at the request of the main antagonist, Raul Menendez, Sgt. Woods shouts something along the lines of "We're on your side!" to which the commander replies "No you are, and always will be, our greatest enemy".
My question is this, did Treyarch chicken out when it comes to this part of the story? Pretty much everyone is aware that the Taliban originated from the Mujahideen forces in Afghanistan, so did Treyarch add this betrayal to avoid backlash over a story involving Americans allied to the terrorists?
We all remember the outrage generated over the story about Medal of Honour using the Taliban as one of the mulitplayer teams. Did Treyarch use the betrayal to avoid the bad press which would have resulted from telling a story involving an alliance with the Mujahideen (even though it is historically correct)?
Right, on with business. In the new Black OPs 2 game there is a mission where you (Alex Mason) fight alongside the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviet army. At the end of the mission the Mujahideen commander betrays your group at the request of the main antagonist, Raul Menendez, Sgt. Woods shouts something along the lines of "We're on your side!" to which the commander replies "No you are, and always will be, our greatest enemy".
My question is this, did Treyarch chicken out when it comes to this part of the story? Pretty much everyone is aware that the Taliban originated from the Mujahideen forces in Afghanistan, so did Treyarch add this betrayal to avoid backlash over a story involving Americans allied to the terrorists?
We all remember the outrage generated over the story about Medal of Honour using the Taliban as one of the mulitplayer teams. Did Treyarch use the betrayal to avoid the bad press which would have resulted from telling a story involving an alliance with the Mujahideen (even though it is historically correct)?
