End of War on Sauron raises more questions about its conduct and
necessity

New Gondor Times
Grima Wormtongue

While the leaders of the alliance including Gandalf and
Aragorn have proclaimed a victory in the War on Sauron questions are
increasingly being raised about both the conduct of the war and its
necessity.

Archeologists and historians have particularly bemoaned the
loss of priceless artifacts forever lost with the fall of Barad-dur,
when Sauron's fortress was destroyed. These artifacts reputed to date
back to the First Age have caused some in the archeological community
to condemn what they call the careless and thoughtless way the assault
on Mordor was handled.

Meanwhile months after the fall of Barad-Dur, the Alliance has
failed to capture either Sauron or the Ringwraiths. While the Captains
of the West claim that Sauron and all his works have perished, no body
has ever been found and there are reports that Sauron may be wandering
on the outskirts of Mirkwood in various disguises. This adds yet
another question to the many questions already being raised about the
conduct of the War on Sauron.

Military experts had already condemned the march to the Towers
of the Black Gate as a foolhardy maneuver conducted with too few
troops and point to the heavy casualties incurred during the sieges of
Helm's Gate and Gondor as evidence of the incompetence with which the
War on Sauron was handled.

Various questions have also been raised as to whether the War
on Sauron was even necessary in the first place.

"After Sauron's defeat at the hands of the Last Alliance he
was in no shape to mount any kind of assault on the West. His
fortresses were in ruins, his armies were demoralized and the only
thing he wanted was to recover a small piece of property, a trifle
that was looted from him by Allied troops during the former war," The
Wizard Saruman had argued, "A mere ring. If it had only been turned
over to him, this entire conflict could be avoided."

While Gandalf and others have argued that the so-called "One
Ring" would have singlehandedly allowed Sauron to crush the West,
other experts have questioned whether any ring could indeed have such
capabilities and suggested that the Ring was never actually recovered
after it had been lost by Isildur but that the leaders of the Alliance
had deceived the Peoples of the West into believing that Sauron was on
the verge of gaining possession of it in order to trigger a war with
Mordor. Alliance leaders have responded indignantly to such
accusations but nevertheless no real evidence bas been presented that
the One Ring even existed outside of the claims of a handful of
insiders at the Council of Elrond. Gandalf's insistence that the One
Ring has now been destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom has done little
to boost his credibility with a story that to many far too
conveniently disposes of the evidence before any objective parties
have had a chance to examine it.

"We kept hearing all the time about Sauron using this supposed
ring to enslave the free peoples of Middle Earth and now it turns out
that Sauron never even had this ring to begin with," Political
activist Bill Fenry said, "I feel deceived and lied to."

Many of those who had voiced opposition to war and pushed for
a peaceful settlement with Sauron have also questioned whether
diplomacy could have been used to avert a terrible conflict citing
frequent emmisaries from Mordor that were turned away by Rohan and
Gondor causing some to speculate on the motives of the Alliance
leadership in wanting to bring about an unnecessary war.

Mithril has been cited as one economic reason driving the
conflict with anti-war activists citing the assassination of Smaug and
the rebuffed Dwarven colonization of Moria combined with the sudden
appearance of Dwarves at the Council of Elrond as evidence of a
conspiracy aimed at allowing Dwarven interests to take control of
Mithril mines in the possession of Sauron leading to the slogan, 'No
Blood for Mithril.'

Others point to the widespread hostility towards Gondor and
the Western Lands, and particularly towards King Elessar and his
policies as proof that the War on Sauron has failed.

"Yes we may have defeated Sauron but now the Haradrim, the
Southrons, the Easterlings and the Orcs and Goblins hate us,"
Political analyst Shelob said, "And what point is there in defeating a
single Sauron when our foreign policy causes us to be so hated that a
thousand more Saurons will rise in his place."

Particularly worrying to Shelob are polls that show that Orc
hatred of humans is at an all time high with over 90 percent of Orcs
expressing a desire to devour human flesh.

"We can't hope to defeat the Orcs with weapons. We must
understand why they hate us and what we can do to stop them from
hating us and wanting to eat our flesh. For example virtually every
Orc surveyed has expressed dissatisfaction with Gondor's foreign
policy of killing Orcs and overthrowing Sauron. Those are statistics
we need to really pay attention to."

One thing is certainly clear that with Sauron possibly still
on the loose, many people questioning whether the existence of the One
Ring wasn't a fraud meant to create support for an unjust war, the
loss of valuable archeological treasures at Barad-Dur, exposure of
military blunders by the alliance and continuing raids by Orcs and
Goblins; whether or not the so-called War on Sauron has ended in
victory or defeat remains in question.

(Lifted from [email protected] (O Deus) on r.a.s.f.f.) Props to Justin Bristow. ;)

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