Dumbledore the General

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Betsy:

As far as the war today - I disagree that Dumbledore has been merely 
reacting, and I also disagree that he's been doing all that bad of a 
job in fighting Voldemort.  For one, Harry is still alive, which is 
huge.  For another, Voldemort is no longer operating in shadows, 
which is also huge.  Voldemort is not immortal (no Stone), which is 
not a small thing.  Voldemort doesn't know the extent of Harry's 
threat to him, again not a small thing.  Plus, one of Voldemort's 
best placed operatives, Lucius, has been exposed and his influence at 
the Ministry nullified.



Alla :

As I said in my previous post - I think there COULD be a reason which 
we are not exposed to yet as to why Dumbledore behaves as he is and I 
will even concede that this reason could be very good.

Nevertheless  I disagree with you, because as I see the facts right 
now, Dumbledore had been doing NO proactive movement whatsoever. 
Can you give me the examples of what Dumbledore had been doing which 
does not concern Harry, but concerns anti-Voldemort efforts?

The fact that Voldemort is no longer operating in Shadows is not 
exactly thanks to Dumbledore, I think. Same thing with Lucius being 
exposed, IMO.

By the way, how do we know that Voldemort is no longer immortal? He 
sure was conducting many experiments prior to trying to get a stone, 
who knows, maybe he already achieved immortality and just wanted 
Stone for extra security ( just speculating here).


Harry is still alive? Let's just say that I think Dumbledore got very 
lucky that he did not create another Dark Lord in making by 
his "Keeping Harry alive". Regardless, I will grant you that .

Betsy:

No, I think Dumbledore is a fine general.  I think the near loss in 
the first war had more to do with the Ministry not allowing 
Dumbledore to lead than any lack on Dumbledore's account.  When 
Dumbledore is given his head, as he has been in the last fifteen 
years, he does alright.


Alla:

I WANT you to be right on this one, honestly. :)

But I will wait and see.


JMO,

Alla