Gandalf a Madman?

[Baran]

First of all Gandalf was planning on being with Frodo to the end. And in the case that Frodo could NOT throw the ring into Mt Doom I am quite sure Gandalf would have forcefully taken it and thrown it in himself. He is not crazy, hopeful perhaps, trusting, but not crazy.

I very much doubt Gandalf would have been able to throw the ring into the fire himself. Remember the power of the ring was much stronger in Mordor. Either Gandalf underestimated the power of the ring, or he was raving mad.

No one can really know if gandalf intended for frodo and sam to go to mordor alone...

It wouldn't have made any difference if the whole fellowhip went with them, Frodo would still have been unable to throw the ring into the fire.

And nobody else stood up and said "Are you all NUTS??? This is madness! Give the Ring to someone else!" It seemed like it was Frodo or no one

I agree that Frodo was the perfect ringbearer, but I say taking the ring to Mordor to destroy it was madnes! When they first decided to do this, few or none could have done it better than Frodo, and he was unable to throw it into the fire!!

BUT... with all this in mind, how could you say it was by "unbelievable luck several times" that Frodo suceeded???

Let me see... They weren't killed by old man Willow, Frodo wasn't killed by the Ringwraith, they weren't killed by the Balrog, Gollum was nearly killed several times (if Sam had been the ringbearer they wouldn't have made it, he would have killed Gollum), they were nearly discovered by orcs several times. And of course the ending were Gollum bites of Frodos finger but fall into the fire himself. I admit not all of this is luck, but it all adds up into pretty unbelievable odds.