Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171216025048/@comment-27312496-20171221022925

The thing is, once someone acquires the information about Salem they are only left with two options, join the fight or not get involved. If Ozpin had more options he probably wouldn't put that burden on a bunch of kids. He did say to Ironwood that he hoped that they would never have to fight a war.

Ark, I think you are overexaggerating things. We don't even know what his failures are or how many he has made. It not like everything he has done is a failure, if he was Vale's king at one point you could say that he was successful. He ended the war and made the academies that would train the huntsmen and secretly hide the relics which made it hard for Salem to get them. The only past failure we know of is that he hasn't been able to completely defeat Salem.

And I wouldn't call him manipulative. He just gives the information on Salem and as I said that only leaves someone with two choices.