[Morgoth the Great]

This is(and please make no mistake i am not calling Tolkien alegorical) but its like asking why the Axis attacked from two fronts in WW2. Why not just send all the forces to Russia or send them all to the Western front. Sauron had a MASSIVE numerical advantage, and life was a lot cheeper for him than it was for the "good forces". I belive it is Faramir that says "he can lose a host more than we a company"-or something to that extent. As Sauron wanted to eradicate all life from Middle Earth that opposed him, he must of seen the practicality in spreading his enemies as thinly as possible in an attempt to weaken them as much as possible. This worked, particularly at the beggining, before the Ring was discovered, as he could simply destroy his enemies without real opposition. Sauron did not need in theory to attack only on one front because he would then draw all forces to him. It would also be risky to do so, as if he did so he might of then left his other lands vulnerable. On the same notion, isnt it very inpracticle to do so, as it would mean that the forces would have to travel a long way to take a small part in a war that they could be fighting nearer home and more significantly.

I also think that Sauron was over-confident, as he did not really have much to fear. This is shown by the swift and brutal attack that he makes on Mirith Tirith(true, he was already attacking it but not on the same scale) when Aragorn shows himself to Sauron in the palantir of Orthanc. He (as i have already said) had the far superior army on paper, and it was only the great valor and the brilliant leadership that thwarted him in the end. He most likely believed that he could of taken the world on two fronts(3 if you count his brief attacks on Rivendell) because he was simply gathering so much evil to him that it was not too difficult to do this, as was being shown because he was indeed taking over the lands(e.g. fall of Osgiliath).

Just some thoughts on it [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]