Talk:Damocles Event/@comment-36180144-20190819223209/@comment-36180144-20190821223905

User:Eugene.bae.902 (re: most recent edit) we can have this discussion, but the fact that "scorched earth" is mentioned in Wikipedia has nothing to do with McCreary's known motivation for destroying the valley. Many things are mentioned in Wikipedia that have nothing to do with this wiki. The Damocles event was not mentioned as an example in Wikipedia, and even if it were.... that's not really evidence since Wikipedia can be wrong, user-edited & all.

We don't know McCreary's motivation except for what he said, "If I can't have it, then noone can." That's a fairly common trope, but not a scorched earth strategy. It's not strategic at all, more a really spectacular hissyfit. Any reason beyond that is open to interpretation. We've been advised not to include our own speculation for why a character does something, except in discussion/forum type pages.

TL;DR Scorched earth policies are sadly real, but including it here as a motivation is speculation.