Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-294840-20170719134411/@comment-25936766-20170801051331

73.Anon.52 wrote:RWBY may not have done things perfectly, but they still got a better result than Ironwoods original plans would have put them. Wait...........IIRC, wasn't Ironwood's original plan to send an army?

In any case, you're missing a part of the point: Ozpin sent 4 1st year students and a teacher on a mission where the security of the city was at risk. Instead of sending a small squad of profesionals, or at least a team with more experience. That's just dumb.

And regarding the idea of bombing the area: The moment those profesionals found where the WF were, they could've told Ironwood, so he knows the general area that he should bomb. At the very least, the WF would've had their plan set back months or even longer.

The tunnel would've been closed, the whole place would've collapsed on their heads, and all the Dust they had could've blown up causing even more damage, not including the Grimm in the area. "Few minor personnel loses" my ass, they would've been almost-anihilated in one go, possibly leaving a hole in Mt. Glenn, the Failed Attempt at a City, but preventing them from making a hole in Vale anytime soon.

....Hell, Cinder, unless she thought of another beautiful plan ASAP, would have been unable to do what she did during the festival, and thus unable to cause as much chaos as she did.