Talk:Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers

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[edit] Holy mission?

I removed a block of text that read "MacArthur had a belief in that his presence as Supreme Commander - and by proxy, the entire American presence - was a holy one. During his speech which he gave on the deck of his warship following the signing of the unconditional surrender, he stated that 'The holy mission has been completed.'" I don't think that that one quote proves that he believed his presence as SCAP was holy. First, that statement was made during the surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri, which was before he assumed the post of SCAP. Second, it seems far more likely that he meant that the war itself was a "holy mission" against fascism. Thus it could be said in the Douglas MacArthur article that he believed the war was a holy mission, but it doesn't belong on this page unless someone can provide a better source for the statement that he felt SCAP's mission was holy. It looks a lot like POV or an attempt to portray MacArthur as a religious fanatic. Worldruler20 (talk) 01:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)