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Originally Posted by alatar
I think that Gandalf felt this way. He could have fought Saruman, but he didn't want to start a fight which, even if he won, would only have resulted in the destruction of his foe, and I don't think that he wanted that. Even at the end he wished that Saruman found healing, and it may be that he felt the same about Sauron.
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Also, remember Frodo and Gollum. The one who still holds true doesn't kill the one who was corrupted.
Maybe a better comparison would be to Manwe and Melkor. Melkor was chained up for ages (literally) and then released back into thw world. I'm sure a similar thing would have happened if Saruman hadn't escaped.