Draco and Dumbledore

[quick_silver71]

No: HPFGUIDX 160164

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
<huge snip>
> Both Draco and Snape need to be protected. The other students are
> already protected by all possible means except destroying the
> Vanishing Cabinet, which Dumbledore either can't do because he 
doesn't
> know about it or won't do because he knows the consequences would be
> worse than what happens on the tower.

Quick_Silver:
My problem with Dumbledore plan is basically highlighted by the fact 
that you say Dumbledore may not even have known about the Vanishing 
Cabinet. There's too many unknowns variable for my liking (although 
if Dumbledore and Snape were desperate I can see them doing it). For 
instance Dumbledore may or may not have known about the Vanishing 
Cabinet, he may or may not have known that Draco had Polyjuice 
Potion, he may or may not have known Borgin and Burkes was involved, 
and we don't know how much he knew about the Room of Requirement. I 
mean no one, not even Draco, expected Fenrir Greyback to join the 
raid yet he did some of the worst damage. What if Voldemort had 
decided to tag along?  

> And can someone please answer my question about why DD *chose* to 
fly
> to the tower in his weakened state knowing that Draco would try to
> kill him and the UV would be activated unless he knew he was dying,
> knew or hoped that Draco would realize that he wasn't a killer, and
> knew that Snape would have to kill him? Why, Alla and those who 
agree
> with her, didn't he just stay at the Three Broomsticks, trusting the
> Order to take care of things, and summon Snape ("I need Severus!")
> with his Patronus?

Quick_Silver:
But at the top of the tower Dumbledore tells Harry to go get Snape 
again and stops Harry only after hearing foot steps coming to up the 
stairs. So IMO that implies Dumbledore still thought that he may have 
had a chance for Snape to heal/kill him while he was still in control 
of the situation (Dumbledore loses control when the DEs show up).
 
Quick_Silver who doesn't disagree with how Dumbledore and Snape 
handled the situation but thinks they were hardly omnipresent during 
it