The only time he was smart?? Ahem, Numenor...
What I wonder was if Sauron and the Ring were seperate or not. Sauron could not use the Ring to detect where the company were or what they were talking about, at least I don't think so. Was it like a second Sauron within the Ring? This would explain why Sauron didn't want another Dark Lord, only the Ring-Sauron would survive, not the Eye-Sauron.
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