Why Snape did not take Harry to LV WAS: ( was: Did Snape "murder" Dumbledore?)

[carodave92]

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> > Carodave adds:
<snip> If you believe that Snape is out for himself, then why not 
> > take Harry to LV anyway?  Knowing the prophecy, one of them 
> > will kill the other, leaving Snape with only one to eliminate
> > on his road to supremacy. 

> Alla:
> <snip> 
> Snape is biting for time, IMO. He thinks it is useless to take 
> Harry to LV yet, because Voldemort would just kill him now and 
> I do think that eventually Snape wants to be the next Dark Lord 
> - here his dream of being widely respected Dark Wizard will come 
> true. :-)
> 
> Right, so this is why IMO Snape did not take Harry to Voldemort.

Carodave replies:
What I don't understand is why Snape wouldn't take Harry to LV, 
allowing Harry to be killed?  This would remove one of the obstacles 
on Snape's path to being a respected Dark Wizard (King Dark Wizard?) 
and also further LV's trust in Snape, allowing him to keep LV 
slightly off balance and increase the chance that Snape can defeat 
LV.  Right now, Snape (or LV) can defeat Harry.  Who knows if that 
will be true in the future?  Your thoughts?

Carodave