11/02/2018 10:09 PMPosted by Nairdrix11/02/2018 09:33 PMPosted by GladwellHim returning to the Horde, attempting to oust the Warchief in the midst of a war and causing internal strife is a huge asset to the enemy that the Horde's fighting.
That's manipulation. He's believing that Anduin's not the enemy and that Sylvanas isn't the enemy of the Alliance, she's the enemy of everyone, and that by stopping her, he can reclaim what honor's been shed and stop the war.
By freeing him and letting him think that Anduin's his friend, he's playing directly into his wants. He is the son of a King, I'm sure social manipulations aren't lost to him, as naive as he may be to war without council from his Marshals.
This would be an interesting analysis cause that would mean that Saurfang has been manipulated twice by two separate heads of states to get him to enact a series of actions that would aid said head of state against the other.
Also, since Anduin is High King in the future, it's very likely that his little gambit works. That is unless no one in the Alliance ever finds out that he let Saurfang go.
Even if no-one figures out it was Anduin who let him go, attempting to oust a Warchief in the middle of the war is a self-destructive behavior. The war has to reach a point where the Horde is not in immediate danger and can survive the enemy if the sue for peace was an elaborate ruse to drop the Horde's guard and sucker punch them.