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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
True, but Richard has been leaving the island as well, maybe not constantly but he's visited young Locke, recruited Juliet, etc.
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Yes but Richard did that in the best interests of the island. Whitemore went off the island to have Penny. Ben probably left the island when Alex was killed, because he acted in the best interests of himself, not the island and knew his time was coming to be judged. (He was probably in a bit of trouble before, as evident by the tumor.) By moving and saving the island from Whitemore coming back (Whitemore would be coming back with force, and the island probably didn't want to risk war, i.e. monster vs nukes) Ben was given a chance to leave rather then be judged. But, the Oceanic 8 left, Ben saw an opportunity to redeem himself by bringing them back, and he is hoping that the island will judge him and see that he did redeem himself and let him stay.