Voldemort's choice (WAS Neville and the prophecy)

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No: HPFGUIDX 69010

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anne.clark9" 
<anne.clark9 at b...> wrote:
> That does seem to me to be the implication of what DD says - he 
specifically says to Harry 'He chose you' - but it just does not make 
sense to me. I mean, picture the scene. You're an Evil Overlord on 
the brink of world domination, and you hear a prophecy that predicts 
your own demise at the hand of one of two possible children.
> 
> Do you a: Toss a coin, go after one of the two, and then spend the 
next 20 years thinking 'Wow, hope I picked the right one'
> 
> Or do you b: take 'em both out?

My own thoughts on this:
James & Lily had narrowly escaped Voldemort three times.  Why was 
Voldemort so intent on catching them?  Add to that the fact that 
Voldemort didn't seem particularly interested in killing Lily when he 
finally caught up to them.  From this, it seems that Voldemort was 
after both Harry (because of the prophecy) and James (we don't know 
why).  Perhaps there is something about James (as of yet to be 
revealed) which made Voldemort absolutely sure that Harry was the one 
who had the power to stop him?