context: The scorched earth policy [1] [2] is a military strategy or method of operations in which anything that the enemy may benefit from when progressing or retreating in a region is burned. '' Originally, the term used to refer to burning agricultural crops for not being used by the enemy as supplies, but now it refers to burning food products and destroying infrastructure such as shelter, transportation, communications and industrial resources. The army may follow this policy on or on enemy territory.
question: What is the policy of the scorched earth?
answers.text: a military strategy or method of operations in which anything that the enemy may benefit from when progressing or retreating in a region is burned.