Quite true. But then, Sauron has a history of underestimating his enemies. Most Dark Lords or evil heads of governments end up doing that, and it results in their ultimate downfall. Sauron knew that Gondor would try to fight back, he just didn't know the full measure of its strength. He really didn't give Men the credit that they deserved, since he probably realized that Isildur had claimed the Ring for his own (weakling! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] ) without destroying it. He hadn't counted on the resistance of Boromir, Faramir, and the Rangers of Ithilien (the first assault) and Faramir and the Rangers (the second assault). He thought that Denethor held full sway over Gondor, and thus, didn't bring Faramir and his loyal men into the reckoning. Perhaps that underestimation gave the Gondorians a bit of an advantage.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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