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Lady Shinigami and myrrith: What Aang says is, \\\"A fortress won\\\'t help [Dragons\\\' Wings]... Just like the polar night won\\\'t help the Northern Water Tribe. Not if Ozai attacks with the Comet behind him.\\\" Given that Dragons\\\' Wings doesn\\\'t have a fortress, I took that line as meaning, \\\"even if they had a polar night during the planned invasion, it wouldn\\\'t help.\\\" Further, Aang has repeatedly stated he has to defeat Ozai before the summer solstice, before the comet arrives, so we know that it is currently summer there, and they wouldn\\\'t be having polar night anyways.

Kalaong: \\\"His dad intends on hitting his domain as a warm-up\\\" - Frankly, I would consider that more than ample reason to see the planned invasion of the Northern Water Tribe as SomebodyElsesProblem. Specifically because if Ozai attacks Dragons\\\' Wings, Zuko\\\'s domain will be fighting the same forces that Ozai intends to invade the North with. And he will thus be contributing towards the defense of the North, specifically because his domain was directly threatened.
But Dragons\\\' Wings is a newly established domain which needs to first ensure its own survival. Zuko is doing his best to be a responsible lord. It\\\'s not likely that he\\\'s going to lead his men, and however many women, off into battle, before the crops are in and he\\\'s certain his domain can stand on its own two feet for however long he\\\'s away.