"By delaying Judgment day it allows Skynet access to more sophisticated technology. since they say that Skynet creates feasible time travel in 2028 or so, the with more technology what could Skynet do? Humans conceded that they do not have the education/ resources in the future to develop their own technological base, so as they delay J-day, Skynet grows more powerful. The humans are altering history in this timeline, but perhaps not for the better of themselves. Before they start sending back all these people they should have a well thought out strategy on how they intend to impeded Skynet's process, consider all the repercussions and possibilities and potential outcomes. If the future is not set, then that means Skynet could end up winning too. By giving it a more solid technological base to work with we may be doing that. "

"Definetly.
I mean look at back in the 90s. We had CD players (or tape players), not we have iPods.
Now the military has lazer weapons. Delaying JDay definetly just gave Skynet the upper hand."

"Instead of trying to destroy Skynet they should find it and try and befriend it. If they convince it humans aren't a threat then humans and machines can co-exist and then they can get Skynet to build the time-machine and all the Terminator's so John can be born and so on and so forth. "

"For example, Skynet is destroyed by a soldier sent back by Connor.


Therefore, Skynet never builds the time machine, making it impossible for a soldier to be sent back to the past to destroy something (that doesn't exist anymore). What would/could happen?"

"She may have mission objective from John Connor himself. So she has been programed as to what to do. And how to convince people correctly.
And Yes Sarah is in charge of her own fate she has free will. That is why Cameron keeps secrets from her and John. This is so that she won't interfere with time too much. It was Camerons decision that Got them to the future. Because she was programed by John to do that."

"I don’t think you understood me correctly, sorry if I didn’t put my argument better.
Sarah had two choices flee or fight, Cameron didn’t do anything to influence her choice one way or the other
However Future John went to the trouble of putting in place the means to travel to the future as well as people to help them when they got there as if the choice had ALREADY been made!
So I ask again, did Sarah make the choice or was the choice already “predestined”? Especially when her first “choice” was to flee"

"Yes I’m glad you pointed that out, John doesn’t want to run he wants Sarah to try again to stop skynet but the opportunity and ability to do so had already been put in place by Future John before the decision had been made (from their point of view) and therein lies the paradox!
Cameron is quite willing to go over the boarder until the Connors changed their minds, and when the decision was made got them into the bank vault which was set up for them to travel to 2007.
So Cameron is aware of future Johns plans but doesn’t tell the Connors, which means the decision was never in doubt. And if that was the case was Sarah always “predetermined” to make the same decision?"