But tempering Marshall's personal commitment to invasion would have been his comprehension that civilian sanction in general, and Truman's in particular, was unlikely for a costly invasion that no longer enjoyed consensus support from the armed services.
Ved at blande sig i Marshalls personlige engagement til invasionen ville det have været hans forståelse, at civile sanktioner i almindelighed, og Trumans i særdeleshed, være ville usandsynlige i forbindelse med en kostbar invasion, der ikke længere nød enig opbakning fra de væbnede styrker.