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Opponents of the BB raid will probably say the Bishop asked Fry knowing that Fry would decline. As you point out, Al, Bishop couldn't absolutely know that would be the case, and had Fry accepted, his hand would have been forced. If Bishop's scheme from the get-go was to fake the raid, this would be a terrible risk to take.
More likely, IMO, Bishop asked Fry because Fry was his second-in-command in the Flight and he was used to using/abusing Fry in this manner. After all, some of Fry's resentment against Bishop came from the fact that Bishop was officially supposed to lead the flight, but he would usually shirk that responsibility to go off on his own. This left Fry nominally in charge, a responsibility with which he was not comfortable.
Fry probably was not only not physically up to going with Bishop on the raid, but may also have seen it as yet another attempt by Bishop to take advantage of him. He was likely right.
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