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## Peter to not suggest this action even when they are going to kill him.

** It seems that the author realized she wrote an end to her seven part series in the third installment and had to use an [[Only the Author Can Save Them Now|Only the Author Can Beat Them Now]] to get out of it.

* The fact that the Wizarding community never sought out the help of the Muggles to aid them against Voldemort. Look we can argue ''all day'' about whether a wand would beat a gun but at the end of the day Muggles have things such as fighter jets, tanks, cruise missiles, machine guns, superior surveillance and tracking abilities e.g. UAV's and satellites, superior communication, superior numbers and more importantly superior training. If we had deployed the air force during the Battle of Hogwarts it would have lasted five minutes. Oh and before anyone brings the whole ''secrecy'' argument into this; ''if'' the British Prime minister knows about the Wizarding World you can bet your life that the Pentagon is also fully aware of the existence of the Wizarding community. Or are we really supposed the believe that when the US President was briefed by the American Minister for Magic about the second war against Voldemort that he kept that threat a secret and didn't immediately start drawing up contingency plans to protect his country should the worst come to the worst? Hell it stretches credulity that the British PM wasn't doing the exact same thing given the fact that people like Fudge proved just how much of a threat to national security Wizards are. In a post 9/11 world we're generally suspicious of people that can accost our leadership in their own office.

** Quite apart from the fact that the entire series takes place in the 90s, and thus pre-9/11 (assuming that it even happens in the Potterverse...), it's quite likely that it was simply a matter of pride. While people like Dumbledore and Arthur Weasley may be fascinated by Muggles and their ingenuity, wizards tend to be A) largely unaware of most Muggle technology (and rubber ducks), and B) unwilling to believe that a Muggle could deal with a magical threat better than a wizard could, so even if they ''did'' realise the capabilities of a Muggle military, someone like Fudge would still think magic a better weapon. On top of this, there's no indication that any Muggles other than the British Prime Minister were given a heads-up - after all, Voldemort was only a threat to Britain at the time. Furthermore, the PM we see comes across as someone who ''would'' trust wizards to sort out the problem.

** There's also the matter of fear. If the wizards know Muggles can defeat the Death Eaters, that means they can defeat ordinary wizards, too, and if they've already taken down an evil force, what's to stop them taking down ordinary wizards? The wizarding world is stagnant, and JKR has said this is because of their fear and paranoia; they wouldn't turn to Muggles in a crisis like that and expose their vulnerability.

 

== The Inheritance Cycle ==