Dumbledore the General.

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"Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:

> I assume that you are first referring 
> to the time his mother's death 
> saved him. 

No, I'm referring to the time his mother's death gave Harry the power
to defeat the most powerful dark wizard in a thousand years. 

> Harry passed out in the scene with Quirrell
> and DD came to his rescue.

Both Harry and Quirrell were nearly dead from their battle by the time
Dumbledore showed up. And you supplied several quotes from
Philosopher's Stone but one you did not was said by Dumbledore himself
to Harry:

"you were doing very well on your own, I must say."
 
> Harry would be dead [in book 2] if it were not 
> for DD. DD sent the Phoenix 

Dumbledore didn't send the Phoenix and in fact he seemed rather
surprised (and pleased) it had come.

> Harry had help. From the ghost of the people
> that came out of the wand. 

And Voldemort had help with his 50 Death Eaters. And the ghosts didn't
help Harry push those beads of light into the Dark Lord's wand, that
was nothing but pure raw power.

> This Love which is in Harry's very blood is
> what saves him from total possession by LV.
> And that probably came from Lily. 

And so did half of Harry's genes, so what? It's weird, I've had this
discussion before, Harry defeats Voldemort 5 times and each time the
accomplishment is dismissed, they say he was just lucky (nobody is
that lucky 5 times), or they say yes Harry was more powerful than
Voldemort but that was only because of 
.., and then they supply a
laundry list of reasons, as if explaining why a person is great means
the person is no longer great.  

> Are we both reading the same books?????  

Apparently not. 

Eggplant