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TIME TO RETREAT
During the early days of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur vacillated on various plans for reacting to the imminent Japanese invasion of the Philippines. A plan to retreat to Bataan was called the “Orange Plan.” For over two weeks MacArthur reviewed the possibilities until the Japanese invasion came. In failing to even consider a tactical retreat, he considered the plan “defeatist,” he left over fifty million bushels of rice at one supply depot alone. Fifty million bushels would have been enough rice to feed all the American and Filipino troops for over four years. Scripture tells us to “flee from youthful lusts.” Retreating is sometimes the better part of valor. From American Caesar, by William Manchester, 1978.