User blog comment:Thundrtri/Season 1 episode 9: Red Skull VS Cobra Commander/@comment-4661256-20121024002606

... okay. Let's get started. I agree with what all of the Cobra Commander supporters say about his superior weapons, but you're all completely ignoring the massive advantage the HYDRA troops have in their Death Ray - it's an anti-armor weapon in and of itself, which allows HYDRA to focus on the little infantrymen of Cobra while their own armor is able to wreak massive havoc. Plus, I think that Red Skull is a more capable leader - I mean, his military is so much more dedicated to his cause and they fanatically rally behind him, having ditched the Nazi regime to follow him - and the Nazi regime was fanatical enough to begin with. Red Skull wins.