I stand corrected, Rinfanawen. I had not thought where the ring was at that time in the story. As for the Elves, I didn't really mean they were lazy, I was just stressing the point that they didn't help outside their own borders. No disrespect intended.
But I still beleive that if Sauron had not spread his forces over five fronts(Erebor, Mirkwood, Lothlorien, Minas Tirith, Rohan), but instead had concentrated on one at a time, he would have had much more favorable results. His army was barely defeated at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Had he added a few more thousand, the outcome might have been very different. If he rerouted even one of his other forces from the north, he could have easily destroyed Gondor.
Also, in the books it specifically says:
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yet it was but one and not the greatest of the hosts that Mordor now sent forth
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So there were other, larger forces being sent out
at that same time. So I still think that the larger force would be sent to assault Lothlorien.