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Originally Posted by Faramir Jones
I think that the most convincing lies have an element of truth, worked on by the person making the lie, as Saruman did in this case.
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I don't think it was a lie, per se. In practice, the Dunlendings did feel aggrieved by an age-old land squabble (and we certainly can put that sort of disagreement in a real and very modern historic sense). I think it was exactly what they wanted to hear, given impetus and gravity by Saruman's gift of gab.