Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-294840-20170719134411/@comment-4010415-20170801054537

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 1. Wait...........IIRC, wasn't Ironwood's original plan to send an army?

2. 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. 1. Indeed, it was.

"Well there we have it. We send as many troops as we can to the southeast, find out exactly what's going on, and eradicate any forces that stand in our way."

He never mentioned a single thing about bombing the place, so I'm not sure that even occurred to him. Do his ships even have bombs?

2. Unless his soldiers also accidentally tipped off Roman and the White Fang and caused them to launch the plan early.

Also, Oobleck, the teacher who specializes in history and knows the history of Mountain Glenn, didn't think to check the underground, so what if Ironwood's soldiers - who are foreigners to the Kingdom of Vale - had scanned the above ground of Mountain Glenn, shrugged, reported "No White Fang found", and left?

I still think one major reason Ozpin sent Team RWBY with Oobleck is exactly as he said - he knew that Team RWBY was gonna try to get over there regardless of what mission they took. Better that they were actually supposed to be there and accompanied a Huntsman who knew they were there, than for them to sneak over there and stumble in the way of whatever professional Huntsman/men he sent.