Dumbledore still knows a hella lot more than he's letting on, and I'll be damned if Rowling doesn't expand on it in Book 7.
As for not wanting Draco to kill him, yeah, he's got this weird thing about trying to preserve youthful innocence and whatnot. You gotta love him for it though. =)
As for giving Snape the DADA position this year, I believe it's got something to do with the fact that he now had concrete evidence that someone was going to try and kill him. What's more, since he knew who would eventually do it, he knew it would eventually create a huge problem at Hogwarts and thusly, there would be no need for Severus Snape to return, thereby alotting him a chance at the position. And since he knew about the position being "cursed", he of course wanted to preserve Snape until the "time was right", as you put it. =)
But, *is a stubborn fangirl* I still don't think Dumbledore's truly dead, physical or otherwise. *sniffles and clings to her grasped straws*
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As for not wanting Draco to kill him, yeah, he's got this weird thing about trying to preserve youthful innocence and whatnot. You gotta love him for it though. =)
As for giving Snape the DADA position this year, I believe it's got something to do with the fact that he now had concrete evidence that someone was going to try and kill him. What's more, since he knew who would eventually do it, he knew it would eventually create a huge problem at Hogwarts and thusly, there would be no need for Severus Snape to return, thereby alotting him a chance at the position. And since he knew about the position being "cursed", he of course wanted to preserve Snape until the "time was right", as you put it. =)
But, *is a stubborn fangirl* I still don't think Dumbledore's truly dead, physical or otherwise. *sniffles and clings to her grasped straws*