Why did Moody wait?

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 4732

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Susan McGee" <Schlobin at a...> wrote:
> I'd just like everyone to factor into their analyses the 
> psychological terrorism that Voldemort is inculcating...
> 
> He wants everyone to believe that he will prevail, that he
> is all powerful, that resistance is futile..
> 
> He could have reanimated by finding (as Wormtail suggests --wait!
> JKR persistently renounces Tolkein, but Wormtongue/Wormtail)
> a run of the mill enemy.
> 
> BUT, he wanted the confrontation with HP. He wanted to show all
> that the boy who had withstood him THREE times before, could not
> continue to stand against him. The only better target would be
> Dumbledore and Voldemort did not think he could win against 
> Dumbledore.
> 
> In some ways, Voldemort is waging a pr war...he wants to terrorize 
> the magical community so that he can gain more allies, and 
neutralize 
> the opposition.
> 
> He fails. I hope Dumbledore has a strategic general who will let 
> people know that Voldemort failed AGAIN...that he could NOT kill HP
> AGAIN.....I don't see evidence of that. Dumbledore seems to scorn 
> the media.....too bad..
> 
> Susan

Hmmm...That's an interesting point, Susan.

The problem is Voldemort is actually losing this PR War. Face it, the 
guy lost 3 times to a student wizard because he miscalculated 
something. The first time, he miscalculated Lily's sacrifice. The 
second time, he miscalculated Quirrell's (and his) inability to touch 
Harry without causing great pain. The third time, he miscalculated the 
Priori Incantatem. Objectively, if I were a Death Eater I would be 
secretly questioning Voldemort's ability to successfully destroy 
Harry. 

But there's something about Harry. I think Voldemort went to Godric's 
Hollow that night to kill Harry and not Lily and James. 

:-)Milz