I agree. While I am sure that many things in Tolkien's life influenced his writing, I am equally sure that he did not mean for any of the tales of Middle Earth in any way, shape or form to stand for something else alegorically. LotR is simply meaningful, well-crafted fantasy that will always have parallels to life in the real world.
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...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.
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