The only thing scary about Death Eaters, like Bellatrix Lestrange, is a frightening make-up job |
Think about it. Given that there are only three wizard schools in Harry Potter, and that one of them is only for girls, there are probably only like a couple thousand wizards in the world who can actually fight. With six billion mudbloods, every evil wizard would have to take out several million people.
Dumbledore says that Voldemort's one true weakness is his "failure to realize that there are things worse than death." In reality, his bigger weakness is his failure to realize that magic doesn't measure up to modern technology. A close second is his dreadful fashion sense. I guess then probably that death thing is third.
Example: Communication is critical in any war. Advantage: Muggles. In the time it takes this bald clown to write a letter using a quill (get a pen) and then sending it to some other idiot by attaching it to an owl, I could send several inappropriate text messages to every girl I've ever met. Imagine how much easier Ron Weasley's seven year seduction of Hermoine Granger would have been if he had been able to pull a Brett Favre and send her pictures of his junk.
Apparently the wizarding world hasn't discovered Plastic Surgery |
Seriously though, even in one-on-one combat, non-magic wins. It's a lot quicker to pull a trigger than say "Avada Kedavra." If Voldemort had beaten Potter, I would have given him one week before some Hillbilly shot him in the face.
Voldemort would have one thing going for him though; the people that he lost to, a 17 year old kid and his homosexual school principal, wouldn't be allowed to fight if it did come down to him vs. the US army.