Could Gandalf have won the war alone?

[Selmo]

Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

I believe, if Frodo's mission was to fail, some hope would have come in, let's say, another thousand years from some insignificant, overlooked centre (like some Easterling camp or whatever) - or from the West, but not in the form of War of Wrath, but in some form of a man like Eärendil - or Gandalf ...................... my answer to the question "Could Gandalf have won the war alone" is: No, and he wouldn't (and shouldn't!) even want to.[/B]

I agree with all of the Legate of Amon Lanc's points.
Gandalf had no "plan B" but perhaps he had a "plan C", for himself or his successor to wander around the slave camps of Middle Earth, spreading hope and the knowledge that a free world had once existed until, after many generations of men, Sauron felt secure enough to let his guard slip enough for someone to get at The Ring and destroy it.
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