[metmom]

Nor has he answered any questions about his nationality of term of military service, another true blue evo characteristic; act like an authority with no credentials to back them up.

One questionable *source* with anti-American leanings is not enough to refute what thousands of soldiers have had to say.

So what if the military took no prisoners alive? So what if it was their policy? If the orders came from on high, then the soldiers were obligated to obey them and should then be held blameless; it was not their decision and there are penalties for disobeying orders. But I guess something that basic would escape some on this thread.

[ohioWfan]

Anti-American bias, arrogance, and lack of evidence. Great combo.

And yet stubborn enough to keep up his charade for hours.

I am highly suspicious as to who exactly this person is, and what his motives really are.......certainly not our 'enlightenment,' that's for sure.

[RunningWolf]

I don't know what the policy if any was. But the logistics and realities of the Pacific theater (as far spread out as it were) would drive towards that direction without a policy. We simply did not have the resources for it I would guess though. I mean we were fighting strategic wars with 2 separate forces bent on world domination.

To make a close parallel back to the Pacific theater, 99.999% of the time submariners of any nation did not attempt rescue of the survivors just to expend national resources to house them for the duration of the war.