Do you suppose the reason Ben has recruited Sayid is that Ben is going to use Sayid to kill Widmore, since Ben cannot kill him himself?

I wonder if, in the end, Ben is going to find Penelope, but he won't have the heart to kill her. Instead Ben will "force" her to live out her life on the island,(with Desmond) or Sayid will not have the heart to kill her and will convince Ben to let her live by making Ben sympathize with Desmond's situation of being apart from the woman he loves. (Sayid has lost Nadia and Shannon, Ben has lost Annie) - because I have not seen anything in the show that shows us that Desmond is off the island in the future. And that is how Desmond and Penny end up being Adam and Eve. Wonder if they use the Orchid Station to go back in time to protect them even further and that is how they end up being the skeletons in the cave?

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