Dumbledore the General

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 124308


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

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> Alla:
> 
> To make a long story short, I agree that war needs to be brought in 
> the open and I understand the "diversion" idea, but I still don't 
> understand how insisting that Harry will learn Ocllumency will 
> encourage Voldemort to come to MoM.

Because if Harry blocks off Voldemort, then eventually Voldemort's 
*own* curiosity will get the better of him--and he will have to show 
up himself.  Voldemort gets one over on the White Hats by getting 
Harry to come and then showing up--with the possibility of two for 
the price of one, kill the pesky kid and find out how the novel ends 
after a 15+ year wait.  [Wouldn't you be a little annoyed if it took 
15 years to finish your book?  I thought so.]

I happen to think that Dumbledore *was* setting it up so that 
Voldemort coming to get the Prophecy would be the perfect instance of 
Voldemort showing himself to the world--the great eye-opener that the 
WW needs.  What I have to partially disagree with is Betsy here in 
124305:

> At this point in time, Voldemort is dancing to Dumbledore's tune 
> and timetable. And that points to Dumbledore doing *something* 
> right.

Voldemort has lost some significant advantages, and he still doesn't 
know the Prophecy, but it's pretty strongly hinted at that the DEs 
will not be out for long, and it seems to me to point somewhere 
different: the style of the war has changed, and now there is nothing 
to RESTRAIN Voldemort and cronies from being more violent and 
bloody.  The delaying tactics of keeping Voldemort down in part so 
that Harry can develop are now no longer effective.  Voldemort no 
longer has a reason to kill indirectly rather than directly and 
discriminately rather than indiscriminately.  And Dumbledore's side 
has suffered only one major casualty, but one of the worst ones 
possible for when you're pretty, ummm, dependent upon one person.

-Nora notes that Dumbledore's weakness is an underappreciation for 
the fragility and vulnerability of persons who are not himself, in 
both mental health and dealing with the difficult