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Originally Posted by Farael
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't one (or two even) of the Three make Sauron even more powerful? I do agree (even though I had not thought of it before until it was mentioned here) that he knew there was a Ring in Rivendell and another in Lorien. I don't know exactly how strong both cities were, but why didn't he attack them and recover at least two of the three? then he'd be even mightyer and he might have been able to crush Gondor in spite of Aragorn and Gandalf's best efforts.
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Having these rings wouldn't have benefited Sauron directly; his purpose for them was to enslave the Elves who wore them, but that didn't go according to plan. The powers of the Three were nothing Sauron would really have had any use for, and he probably wouldn't have been able to use them since these were Elven creations. On the other hand, if Sauron had them, nobody else would. I have a feeling that this is the reason he went about collecting all the rings besides the nine: his original purpose for them had failed and they were granting their bearers powers he would rather they didn't have.