If Sutherland was making decisions on his own, instead of fronting for MacArthur, he should have been shot for treason. Not only did he do the wrong thing, he prevented others from doing the right thing. It would have turned out better if he’d been drunk in a brothel.
Just looked at Wikipedia - Sutherland was a real low life. He cuckolded a POW, and put his mistress on the government payroll as a Captain.