PRESSURE COOKERs often develop cracks

[bugaloo37]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at y...> 
wrote:
> <skip>
> Of course Dumbledore has to prepare to make some sacrifices being a 
> leader in the horrible fight and all, but I think that willingly 
(and  in my opinion unnecessary) forcing Voldemore to return will 
lead to too many sacrifices, which Dumbledore is not going to make.
> <snip>

IMO, you are correct when you say that Dumbledore did not force 
Voldemort to return-nor did he force the particular method with which 
the return was achieved.  However, I do believe that he believed the 
return of Voldemort to be inevitable.  But as to the idea that 
Dumbledore manipulated Voldemort in some way to use the method he 
chose-I do not accept it.  This does not mean that Dumbledore is not 
aware of the "cracks" in Voldemort's plan.  IMO, given our knowledge 
as to Dumbledore's opinion that Voldemort cannot be destroyed unless 
he resumes human form- we, the reader, are better informed as to the 
possible limitations of Voldemort's "new-found" humanity than he is.  
IMO, Voldemort is a ego-maniac-who in certain areas is unable to 
admit the possibility that something he has strove so hard to 
conceive may backfire on him.  Some might say he learned his lesson 
when the AK aimed at baby Harry backfired on him-but perhaps, he 
hasn't.  If we make a comparison between Voldemort and certain real-
life ego-maniacs, we will see a pattern.  IMO, history shows us the 
ego-maniacs seldom learn from their mistakes and more times than not 
it is this "blindness" that finally defeats them.  By saying this, I 
am not saying that Dumbledore does not have a plan.  What I am saying 
is this:  Dumbledore may have multiple plans suitable to any 
possibility.  IMO, this is the hallmark of brilliance-a leader who 
prepares for a multitude of possibilities and is not caught off guard 
when something happens that may or may not have been the most 
reasonable assumption.

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