Talk:Air Nomad Genocide/@comment-1902915-20100718051019

It is further unlikely that all Air Nomads would be killed due to the nature of Airbending and the Monks philosophy on fighting. Aang mentions in Omashu/New Ozai that it is better to live to fight another day, when refering to escaping the city. Therefore, it is highly possible that some of the Airbenders fled the temples.

Furthermore, the Airbending fighting style is all about evasion, so a stand and fight tactic in the face of overwhelming power (the entire Fire Nation army bolstered by the power of Sozin's Comet) would seem unlikely.