User blog comment:Fliu/My thoughts on the Dressrosa Arc/@comment-24799733-20140419040932/@comment-98.155.178.91-20140419212046

Usopp never intended to fight the Donquixote Pirates to begin with. He only went along with the dwarves because he tricked them into thinking that he was some great hero and he was always looking for the perfect chance to leave them. In the hidden base beneath the Flower Field, he told Franky to just destroy the factory and leave the country. As the blog said, he only counted on the dwarves to do all the work. He could have attacked Sugar even before she could warn Trebol of the intruders. Even before Leo attempted to put his plan into motion, Usopp intended on running away if the plan failed.