DD's greatest fear (was: Snape's part in death of Sirius)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 108194

[NOTE from SSSusan:  Neri & Pippin have been discussing the timeline 
for the night of Sirius' death and the degree of Snape's culpability 
in said demise.  This is a very NON-related question to that 
discussion but was triggered by Neri's mentioning what DD did the 
night of the attack on Arthur.]


Neri:
> > 7. Get Harry to HQ (and notice DD didn't have to do it just 
> > because Arthur was attacked. He could have sent Harry back to his 
> > bed. But he  wanted Harry out of Umbridge's reach).
 
Pippin:
> Also out of *Dumbledore's* reach. The great fear he had was that
> Voldemort would force him to attack Harry. Note also that despite 
> this fear, and that Umbridge is on her way, he waits for  Phineas 
> to find out if "the coast is clear" before sendingHarry to GP.  
> *That's* significant.  Surely with Harry's safety at stake, 
> Dumbledore wasn't worried about mere politeness, or about 
> catching Sirius with his pants down. What, or who, was Dumbledore 
> afraid of?


SSSusan:
I sent a question about this offlist to Pippin, but then I realized 
I'd like to hear others' thoughts on it, if anyone's interested in 
responding.  

*IF* I've understood Pippin's 2nd sentence correctly [notice the Big 
If], then she's saying that DD's great fear was that Voldy would 
*force him* to attack Harry.

Here's my question.  Is this what DD's was talking about when he said 
he couldn't make direct eye contact w/ Harry throughout this school 
year?  I've never quite felt like I had a full grasp on what it was 
DD was afraid would happen, but I thought it had to do w/ a fear of 
Voldy *learning* things if he was possessing Harry and Harry was 
looking directly into DD's eyes...or that if Voldy was possessing 
Harry, then he [V] might force HARRY to attack DD.

Or have I missed the point here altogether?  :-|

Can others weigh in on this, please?  I'd love to hear alternative 
views on what it was DD was so afraid of re: eye contact with Harry.

Siriusly Snapey Susan