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Originally Posted by Menelvagor
To summarize all this, the behaviour of the Nazgul seems very inconsequent to me, and this is unbelievable, given the price that they could win or lose: If they got the Ring in Eriador, the dark powers would have won forever. On the other hand, with the arrival of the Ring in Rivendell the war is in some sense already lost for Sauron & Co. He did of course not think of Gandalf's strategy that in the end causes his complete defeat, but from this point on he has to expect that some mighty person would conquer him using the Ring, which would almost certainly mean the end of his realm.
So, why did the Nazgul did not fight to the very end in this situation? Is it possible that -- deep in their heart -- they were still a bit human and did not really want Sauron's victory?
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Bear in mind that to Sauron the last thing he'd think anyone would do would be to destroy the Ring. He would always have his 'banking card' that somebody would be foolish enough to try and use it to defeat him and then they too would fall to the power of the Ring. Look at all the daft suggestions made at the Council of Elrond - maybe not daft to those making them, but daft to us as readers because we know that this object belongs to and fully responds to Sauron alone.