"I think I figured out the answer to this one while answering another thread.

The aim of Weaver is to ensure and hasten JD.

It's like this when I was debating the paradox of time. We know that technology can never "devolve" it must always evolve and it tends to evolve out of something that was already there and something primitive. However, the question is who does it evolve?! It doesn't evolve out of thin air or make believe. It has human ingenuity, innovation, creativity, and imagination to ensure that it can evolve. So the oven moves into a toaster which moves into the toaster-oven until we have the creation of the microwave.

I personally have one of each because one does one little thing better than the other, but ultimately the idea was to heat food and as easily as possible. Fine.

When looking T1 and T2 the machines were out to get John Connor to end the human resistance, their objective started changing after the failure of the T-100 in T1, then of course the success of Sarah Connor and John Connor and the subsequent failure of the T-1001.

In T2, the machines were depending on Dyson to make ensure their creation or the creation of skynet. But with Dyson he would have rather sacrificed himself and therefore all of the machines in the future causing the pushing back of JD but not ensuring the end of the machine take over.

Plus T-1000 became scrap metal and worthless...the creation of Weaver. A highly advanced learning machine and secondly one that can ensure and hasten JD. She takes out the human liability that occured with Dyson and hurt their cause. They are NOW no longer fully dependent on humans for their eventual creation. They are now using humans to create the machines that will enslave them and doing so without their knowledge.

Weaver is a fail-safe. "

"There has to be a slim chance that there is more than one Cameron, yes she was molded after one person. But we all know anytime a one off is made if there is any little reason to not wast a "mold" they would have produced more. I think that would blow everyone away if we seen a blue time bubble appear and a Skynet controlled Cameron was set loose in this time. Summer could easily act both parts. This would not have to dominate the show either, this evil version could set up operations on the other side of town for a while. It would make things interesting without jumping the shark."

"I'm surprised that some people would have said CW was sent to protect John. I would never have thought that would be the case. I do agree with you in regardsto Skynet. There is absolutely nothing benign about them and nor do I think they would ever be benign since to this day the base programming is to kill John Connor, further more those who might have helped John also have been killed. Dr. Sherman, although we're still unsure on where he stood for John or Sarah. Further more, there is the role of Ellison, which I think has become more pervasive than anyone else in the future. I could see him as the head of those called "gray's".

In regards to John probably sending CW back, I'd love to know how he managed to program or create a liquid machine. I see them as even beyond John Connor's era. Has it ever been said what time period the T-1000/T-1001 has come from? I always thought they were far far advanced than even John's lifetime but even ensuring that human's are eradicated is still not the case.

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"Have been arguing this same side for a while now. I simply don't buy the alternate good skynet theory. For one thing, Skynet is only meaningful if it is in control of the military..so what does the other skynet control? Another thing, if CW were sent by John, why not contact the Connors and protect them? With CW's power and resources, would be quite easy to hide them, help them store resources in case JD still happens. If John had Cam and CW protecting him, would be pretty hard to kill. Also, if CW is sent by John, but present John does not know about it, and the Connors stumble upon CW, they would likely try to destroy the whole operation. So, yes, I agree that CW is there to hasten JD."