Why didn't Dumbledore bring backup? (Harry doesn't count)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 149212

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Michael" <michaelsgdec at ...> wrote:
>
> Going to a secluded cave to retrieve/destroy one of Voldemort's
> horcruxes seems to be a pretty dangerous task, even for Dumbledore.
> Why didn't he consider bringing another OP member along? (maybe
> Snape?) Even if this person could not fit on the boat, it would have
> been the safe thing to do. Why wasn't Harry surprised or concerned
> that he would be acting as Dumbledore's backup?
>

Pippin:
Dumbledore seems to regard even the knowledge of horcruxes as 
dangerous and corrupting. I don't think he wants that knowledge
to spread, especially among his warriors.

I don't think Harry thought of himself as Dumbledore's backup --
he asked to go with Dumbledore because he considered himself
the natural person to share in this task. IMO, of course.

Pippin