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Originally Posted by Boromir88
And that still remains the biggest question. Perhaps they felt like he was the best for the job? I mean they wouldn't suspect of any danger that may happen to Boromir. He's going to Rivendell to get some advice from Elrond, and returning, they wouldn't expect anything bad that may happen. But, what still is the hard thing to figure out is exactly what you said, why send the leader of your army if you are facing pressure from Sauron and having to fight him off?
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Strange indeed. It seems Denethor&Co had only one person they could give an important task. Who leads the armies? Boromir. Who goes to Rivendell? Boromir. A bit boring.
I started to think what if they hadn't sent Bormir nor Faramir, but someone else. That could have been an option. (Yes, I know that maybe not a good one as the person wouldn't have seen the dream, but if I was Denethor I'd prefer it to sending the leader of the army.)
Was Boromir really so important to Gondor's army that it would have been indeed stupid to send him away, as I have said?
Not, maybe and after all. Denethor was pretty much the brains of the army anyway. He had another commanders to advice him. He had other commanders to do the "field job". The only real real problem would have been sending the figurehead guy away. Gondor could afford losing one good general. Gondor could afford losing one tactician (sp?).
Looking at Boromir's point of view, I still can't see why did he want to go himself. Yes, it was a matter of pride to him, but wasn't leading the army of Gondor a matter of pride to him as well? Was he bored to the war that was just little clashes here and there? Was he afraid? (Boromir the Coward, an interesting thought...)