The Metal Gear Solid lore falls apart when you compare it to real politics.
it turns out that George W Bush is the 43rd president in real life and is a stand in for Solidus Snake .
It turns out that
Daniel Reed Crenshaw (born March 14, 1984) is an American politician and former United States Navy SEAL officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019 ( & Is the fake snake ).
It turns out that R.F.K. is the 47th president's friend who was expected to die from a heart attack in the same way that Senator Armstrong did .
### Metal Gear Saga (Ultra Abridged)
- **The Boss** – Legendary WWII hero, leader of the Cobra Unit, mentor to Naked Snake. She’s framed as a traitor and killed by Snake at the end of **MGS3** (which scars him deeply).
- **Naked Snake → Big Boss** – After that, Snake earns the title **Big Boss**, but becomes disillusioned with the U.S. His dream of a soldier-run world begins here.
- **Venom Snake** – In **MGSV**, a medic is brainwashed and surgically altered to believe he *is* Big Boss. This decoy (Venom Snake) is the one you play as, and he’s eventually killed by **Solid Snake** in the original NES **Metal Gear**.
- **The Clone Triad (Les Enfants Terribles Project, 1972)**
- **Solid Snake** – The "balanced" clone, main hero of the series. Defeats Big Boss (twice), Liquid, and later ends Big Boss’s cycle in **MGS4**.
- **Liquid Snake** – The "inferior genes" one (or so he’s told), obsessed with surpassing Snake & Big Boss. Main villain in **MGS1**, dies of **FOXDIE** after Shadow Moses.
- **Solidus Snake** – The "perfect" one, identical to Big Boss. Ex-U.S. President, puppet of the Patriots. Father-figure to Raiden. Dies after his duel with Raiden in **MGS2**, and later his remains get incinerated.
- **The Patriots** – Shadowy network of A.I. illuminati. [ La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo ]
- ** Ocelot ** - Spy ?
### TL;DR
- **Big Boss** = Original. Betrayed mentor → starts his own ideology → legend.
- **Venom Snake** = Big Boss’s body-double/decoy; killed by Solid Snake.
- **Solid Snake** = Main good guy, kills Venom, Liquid, and eventually Big Boss (and puts an end to the legacy).
- **Liquid** = Angry clone, Shadow Moses terrorist, dies via FOXDIE.
- **Solidus** = Perfect clone, ex-president, dies fighting Raiden.
- **The Patriots** = AI overlords secretly controlling the 20th/21st century.
In the end, it’s all about **legacy, identity, and the cycle of soldier warfare**, wrapped in nuclear robot drama and Kojima’s love of bait‑and‑switch philosophy.
