Telchar, I think your analogy is off because in it, the presumed "you" and Wyatt Earp both appear to be on a level playing field, which wasn't the case at all in Middle Earth.
Based on your example alone, I would choose option "b", but I find the whole scenario to be non-applicable where the defeat of Sauron is concerned.
Sauron and his minions out-matched everyone in Middle Earth at that point in time. The example of two humans on a main street with a third one hiding in the wings does not, in itself, mirror the nature of the conflict in the Lord of the Rings.
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