Old vs New Modern Warfare Makarov

On a more serious note, I do like this new Makarov, however with the story being 3 hours and his story kind of making no sense on why he is so hellbent on taking control over [ INSERT COUNTRY NAME ] and framing the IDF to get Russia to do what? Makarov had 3 missiles with chemical warheads, and launched them at some random Russian base that one of the main character happened to be at. And the flashback, why was Makarov at Verdansk? What was he doing there? Did he just want to do a bit of trolling? I get it he's the bad guy, but that attack was completely pointless in the story, and before people said it was important for warzone, IT'S NOT. I do not care what happens to a random city in a gamemode I have no interest in playing. I really wanted to like this new Makarov, but he feels more of a James Bond villain. “haha Captain Price, I have placed these something something missiles/bombs that you have to stop... oh you defused them? AH MY PLAN HAS BE FOILLED AGAIN! UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN CAPTAIN PRICE“