Spec OPS: The Line (Spec Ops: The Line) storyline ambiguities

First of all, I must note that the very plot of the game really hooked me not only with its originality, but also with its intricacy and extremely large number of details. I played the game 3 times, collected all the intelligence, and all these times I tried to delve into the narrative and, in general, I got a single picture.

Please tell me if I am right in my reasoning? Here's what I got from the whole game:

Colonel Konrad is a great officer. This is recognized by his soldiers of the 33rd Battalion of the Damned, the best infantry battalion (as we know from the game) in the US Army, which he commands, and they are loyal to him (see the soldier's interview in the intelligence section of the Battle chapter).
Before the storms in Dubai, he was involved in the modern Afghan war. Our GG - Captain Walker - knew this colonel not by hearsay - they fought together there, in Afghanistan. It was Konrad who saved Walker there (when Walker was seriously wounded by the Taliban, Konrad dragged him half a mile to the helicopter). Plus, during that war, a military journalist collaborated with Konrad - the same DJ in Dubai, who had already abandoned journalism by the time he arrived in the UAE.
Judging from Konrad's psycho-profile, which is in the intelligence, he, due to his failure (which one is not known) in Afghanistan, has "post-traumatic stress disorder", which can lead to unpredictable events. Plus, from this psycho-profile, one can learn that the colonel also has a "moral callousness", that is, he does not experience any moral restrictions in his actions.

Now abnormal sandstorms are starting in Dubai. At first, the sandy winds that began were not so anomalous, there was almost no damage from them. But these winds did not stop, but on the contrary - each time they gained more and more strength. Apparently, when the storms had already begun to acquire a truly anomalous character, then the local authorities announced the impending natural disaster in the news and told the residents to stay calm. The latter, like a fool, obeyed, while the politicians and the rich in Dubai were already packing their suitcases and leaving the city on airplanes very first, much earlier than ordinary residents of Dubai (this is described in detail in intelligence data, according to which local politicians and rich people dumped from Dubai in 2 days before the news was alerted).
Thus, Dubai with the rest of the inhabitants was completely left to the destruction of the rapidly gaining strength of anomalous sandstorms.
All this background is taken from the official website: www.specopstheline.com/us/#fall-of-dubai.
The "Life After the Storm" intelligence from the "Battle" chapter describes this anomalous natural phenomenon itself: "It is sand flying at a speed of 80 miles per hour, breaking glass, ripping skin from the body, stuffing into the lungs."
Thus, considering:
1) How destructive the storms have become.
2) The fact that local leaders simply threw ordinary residents.
3) And also the fact that the storms cut off these residents from the outside world, it becomes clear that the remnants of the local authorities could not carry out the evacuation normally and already all the inhabitants of Dubai were left to die in the storm-torn city helpless in front of this element and unable to leave the city ...

At this time, Konrad was carrying out the order - the withdrawal of his battalion from Afgan. But he disobeyed the order given to him and with all his fighters, during the withdrawal, went to Dubai in order to evacuate the residents there, imprisoned in a natural "sand trap". Since the soldiers subordinate to him respected him and were loyal to him, they went with Konrad, i.e. agreed to violate the order to return to America. In their homeland, in the United States, the government regarded this negatively and, since If the order was violated, then Konrad with his 33rd "Damned" quite logically rose to the rank of "traitors / deserters" in the States.
I would like to dwell on this point, because it is he who is least clarified in the game. Nowhere is it written how the colonel found out about the storms, how he reached Dubai with a whole battalion (especially through anomalous sandstorms). In general, it seems to me a bit delusional, but nevertheless, the fact remains - Colonel Konrad with the "Damned" unauthorizedly invaded the dying Dubai and also voluntarily undertook to evacuate the remaining residents there without any reason and without any reward for this. It should be remembered that he arrived in the city not only with his fighters, but also with that journalist-DJ, who is his friend and whom he trusts very much.

This evacuation itself turns out to be a difficult task: the amount of water remaining in Dubai is comparatively limited for thousands of people (everything is stored in the reservoir, which we capture in the plot), there is also a strong shortage of food, anomalous storms pose an extremely high threat to human life + ties with the headquarters because of the winds, no. The battalion centrally distributes water from the reservoir to all surviving residents + food in the same way + keeps order among the residents and prevents the spread of panic. We must pay tribute to the "Damned" - without all this, the survivors of Dubai would have perished. But this centralized regime, this maintenance of order among the survivors, was a real dictatorship: those who stole supplies were shot; those who did not obey the military, they were shot in the same way (for order in the midst of such a total catastrophe can only be maintained by tough measures) and so on in the same spirit. Many residents did not want to endure this forced martial law and were on the verge of rebellion, they hated the Americans. But since there was no other alternative and the 33rd ensured at least some existence of the survivors, then not everyone was on the verge of rebellion. But even some officers from the battalion did not agree with such a harsh military regime, which Konrad established to save the remaining residents. He also eliminated them. Moreover, in cruel ways (burned and, as it were, hung on poles), his "moral callousness", which I mentioned earlier, affects. Since there was no other alternative and the 33rd provided at least some kind of existence for the survivors, not everyone was on the verge of rebellion. But even some officers from the battalion did not agree with such a harsh military regime, which Konrad established to save the remaining residents. He also eliminated them. Moreover, in cruel ways (burned and, as it were, hung on poles), his "moral callousness", which I mentioned earlier, affects. Since there was no other alternative and the 33rd provided at least some kind of existence for the survivors, not everyone was on the verge of rebellion. But even some officers from the battalion did not agree with such a harsh military regime that Konrad established in order to save the remaining residents. He also eliminated them. Moreover, in cruel ways (burned and, as it were, hung on poles), his "moral callousness", which I mentioned earlier, affects.
There is no connection with the outside world due to the incessant storms, it is not possible to withdraw the remnants of civilians, the atmosphere of rebellion among the people (and even among the command staff) is heating up. The military regime for citizens, meanwhile, does not work, violators of the established strict order are still being killed. Nevertheless, most of the civilians appreciate the fact that the "Damned" somehow save them.

The US government somehow knows that the battalion and the colonel are in Dubai. And secretly they send CIA operatives there to find out what the "Damned" are doing there.
The CIA reconnoitered the entire situation and here are the conclusions that were drawn from everything that was reconnoitered:
1) US troops (a whole infantry battalion) invaded the territory of a foreign country, having absolutely no right to do so (and this is a gross violation of international law).
2) The troops established a harsh regime for the civilians. Some of the civilians (how many are not known) die from such a regime. It turns out that the US army even kills the surviving residents of Dubai. Although not all, but nevertheless.
3) Whatever the noble purpose for which all these acts were done, in fact in the world it will be regarded as the US invasion of the UAE, and the military regime of Konrad, established to carry out the evacuation, will be regarded as a natural American occupation.
The CIA understood that if the world community became aware of everything, then the third point would come true. And the entire region will then declare war on the United States, from which the United States will certainly not win. Operative Riggs tells us this when we find him half under the truck.
But due to the storms, no one from the outside world knew what was happening in Dubai (it is possible that the UAE themselves did not even know about the presence of the 33rd in Dubai). Therefore, in order to prevent the penetration of any information about the actions of the 33rd, the CIA decides to bury all this truth together with all the military. To do this, they somehow miraculously provide those civilians who are ready to go against the evacuation regime of Konrad with weapons (how, where and who supplied these weapons to Dubai, which is being destroyed by storms), thereby forming a real army of rebels (their number is unknown, but, judging by the course of the game, there are a lot of them) who are fighting against the "Damned". Those. The CIA works together with the rebels, which are used rather as "cannon fodder" to achieve the MAIN PURPOSE. And the main goal of the CIA is the reservoir. After all, only from it all the water supplies for all survivors are drawn and without water in Dubai everyone will die => die and the whole truth about everything that happened in the city. Therefore, the CIA must seize this reservoir, steal all the water from there, leave the whole of Dubai to die of thirst and in a couple of days everyone will die, and the whole truth about what happened will die.
But the 33rd is not going to surrender so easily (it is possible that some of the battalion's soldiers nevertheless deserted, but the total mass continued to be subordinate to Konrad) and between the "Damned" and the rebels + the CIA there is a protracted military conflict, due to which even more die people and ensuring the survival of civilians becomes even more difficult, and the CIA still cannot get to the reservoir. Judging by the fact that this conflict was harmful to both sides, the rebels from the CIA team establish a temporary truce with the "Damned".

Two points remain unrevealed here:
1) Where and how the CIA operatives from Dubai received weapons and provided them with the rebels. It is also not clear who made the decision to "bury the whole truth" - directly the CIA from Dubai or their command from the United States?
2) When exactly did Konrad commit suicide? During the 33rd war with the rebels, or even before the arrival of the CIA? This moment is also not told in the game.
But one thing is clear for sure: Konrad could not get people out of Dubai, the losses among the survivors grew and grew. In fact, Konrad failed the evacuation initiated by him and sends a well-known signal to the outside world "This is Colonel Konrad. The evacuation of Dubai ended in complete failure. The losses are ... great ..." so that at least someone could hear him from the outside. And the reason for his suicide is also clear: in Afghanistan, he once suffered a major failure => he has post-traumatic disorder, which can lead to unpredictable consequences => in Dubai, he also suffered a huge failure: he could not evacuate people, so also the losses among them great and all this is on his conscience => this huge failure + mental disorder and led him to suicide (he had a disorder, but he was not crazy - this is also very important to understand here).
But, be that as it may, Konrad leaves the order to the entire battalion before committing suicide to "hold on to the last and save the survivors" and after Konrad the "Damned" is supervised (tobish directs) the same DJ-journalist who has access to radio stations in many places in Dubai.

So, when there is still a shaky truce on the front between the 33 and the rebels, and the CIA has not yet managed to take the reservoir, Captain Walker enters the city with his squad. Their goal is to find out what happened to Konrad.
According to Walker's translated audio magazine (http://ps3hits.ru/archives/103743), he volunteered for this task to find Konrad:
"So why did I volunteer? Two reasons. First, if the mission seems silly at first glance, in fact there will be a ton of shit. Who better to shovel shit if not Delta Force? Second, I owe John Conrad my life. It was he who in Afghanistan dragged the bleeding me on him for almost a kilometer to the point of evacuation. So when the chance presented itself to repay the debt and save the life of the hero Konrad, I could not pass by. "
It also states that from his own squad, he was close to Adams:
"With Adams, we have been fighting together for a long time, we have covered each other's backs more than once, so we are more than just colleagues."

The task itself did not initially imply that you would have to kill, especially the soldiers of your own country. Walker is sent with the squad after someone (also unknown who) receives the same signal Konrad, which he sent before the suicide. As we enter the city, the truce comes to an end - the conflict between the rebels and the military flares up again with renewed vigor. This truce was interrupted due to an attack by armed rebels on a detachment of warriors near a wrecked passenger plane. I want to note right away that it was not Walker who destroyed the truce with his intervention, but the rebels (remember, when we first find a fresh corpse of a soldier in the hummer, and then these marauders climb out - it was they who killed the soldier, which is unacceptable during a truce). The DJ says the same on the radio: "Dastardly attack on the 33rd battalion. That's it, guys,
The "damned" also retaliate, simultaneously putting pressure on peaceful civilians (when Walkrea met with the battalion's detachments, the latter even fired at the civilians and took them somewhere). But first things first. For all rebels, any soldier in the US Army is evil incarnate, no matter if it is a Delta fighter or from the 33rd Battalion of the Damned. Therefore, we first conduct battles with these rebels, who are initially set against us. Then the 33rd still begins to fight against us, Walker and his fighters are trying to understand what is happening and are diligently looking for Konrad. At the same time, they are faced with the indignation of the local civilian population, tk. Walker and his fighters destroy those who protected these civilians and provided water + food.
The most important thing in this war begins, after Walker accidentally incinerated civilians when he fired at one of the military camps, our captain begins to go slowly crazy. He wanted to be a hero (first to repay the debt to Konrad, then to become his judge in the course of events), and instead became a war criminal. He himself does not want to put up with this truth inside himself and therefore invents his own truth, in which he shifts the blame from himself to Konrad, who by that time has long been rotting in his citadel. Well, only then, in full, it gradually flies off the coils: he hears Konrad's imaginary voice over a walkie-talkie in which there are no batteries (a kind of confrontation between the consciousness of the still not quite crazy Walker with his invented truth, in which Konrad is guilty of everything), instead of the hanged corpses to him living people crumple and instead of a stormtrooper, our GG imagines a dead Lugo. There it is clear from Walker's imaginary dialogue). and instead of a stormtrooper, our GG imagines a dead Lugo. There it is clear from Walker's imaginary dialogue).
But besides the fact that Walker, with the help of his fighters, destroys those who defended the civilians, and at the same time kills several dozen of these same civilians, the main character will also destroy the entire city. Those. seizes with operative Riggs all the water from the reservoir, Riggs decides that this water should not get to anyone and destroys all the trucks with tanks and voila - all of Dubai is doomed to extinction from thirst. And if not for Walker, then this epic with the reservoir would not have happened. So Walker in one way or another doomed all civilians to death. Those who, at the cost of incredible cruelty, were rescued by Konrad with the 33rd battalion + white phosphorus burned several dozen civilians + killed the remnants of the 33rd, soldiers of his own country.

And at the end of the game, after everything that happened, we are given a choice:
1) Or admit the obvious fact that the deaths of thousands (or even more) of peaceful people whom they tried to save are precisely Walker's own fault. Konrad is not a madman, not a murderer or a deserter, and he is not guilty of the actions of our hero. With this awareness, there is only one way out - a bullet in your forehead.
2) Have the courage to deny the obvious. Deny your own guilt in the acts and consequences committed. Then we will survive, but either we will finally become a brutal maddened killer, a real reflection of Dubai, or we will leave with a group of US Army soldiers who came to our aid. In this case, the psychiatric hospital for the hero, it seems to me, will not be the last measure, because you still have to testify to the authorities about what happened in Dubai, and Walker's actions are a war crime, so judge how a military tribunal will decide his short-lived fate.

That's all I understood from the plot of Spec OPS: The Line.

But I do not understand 2 moments from the epilogue:
1) When Captain Walker leaves with the rescuers, what did this dialogue mean, namely Walker's answer?
- military: "Captain, I would like to ask you how you were able to go through all this?"
- Walker: "I couldn't"
2) When we start to resist the rescuers and they kill us, then what is the point of hearing the dying Walker of his old conversation with Konrad?