The forces of the west would have been powerless to defeat Sauron if he regained the one ring. Remember he pretty much defeated them without the ring and if he had regained it he would've been much more powerful. At the battle in front of the black gate, the army led by Aragorn was almost all killed by a much more numerous force, only the destroying of the one ring made his forces flee which gave the Aragorn and co. the upper hand. If he regained the one ring, Sauron would quickly have defeated Gondor the moved on to Rohan and any other pockets of resistance until he had conquered all of middle earth. The elves would've abandoned middle earth and gone west so they wouldn't give much resistance.
[ April 07, 2003: Message edited by: Voralphion ]
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