Voldemort: to eliminate or not to eliminate Snape

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 157475

Aussie:

> LV had plans beyond plans to deal with Draco after he'd torn his 
> soul. The death of Dumbledore may not have been the ultimate 
> objective of Draco's task. Snape may have foiled LV's plan.

Sydney:

Going by Snape's opinion, he DID foil LV's plan.  Snape says that he
thinks Voldemort intends Snape to 'do it' in the end, but that Draco
should try first.  Dumbledore tells Draco (presumably from Snape's,
his spy's, understanding of the situation) that Voldemort never
intended Draco to succeed and that the whole plan was to kill Draco to
punish Lucius.  If it had worked it was a rather good plan, as it
would had forced the 'good side' to kill a kid, and a prominent
Slytherin kid at that, in the middle of Hogwarts.  PR disaster!  Come
to think of it, that's the only decent plan anyone ever on either side
has come up with in any of the books.  

In any case I find it hard to believe that Voldemort ever thought
there was a .00001% chance of Draco succeeding in killing Dumbledore
when he couldn't even do it himself, so I think Snape's opinion was
correct. 

Aussie:

> If the 7th book starts with Snape meeting LV, that may be Snapes 
> last chapter. But true, he may say he had no choice because of the 
> UV, putting the blame on Bellatrix instead.

Sydney:

Oho!  Quite true, and it does give Snape a good out.  


-- Sydney