Why take over Middle Earth?

[Keeper of Dol Guldur]

Forgotten however, is the fact that Melkor was the driving spirit behind all the evil in the world, and if Sauron was looking for power to fight the Valar, he could never get it to rescue Melkor, who though gone, was ever Sauron's master. What on Arda would or could Sauron even use. A leftover Balrog-they were left over from Manwe's onslaught anyway. Dragons, they were much too weak. The elves themselves-that may have possibly been one of his plans, hence the ring. But he was only a Maiar (the most powerful one pretty much, granted) he could never hope to kill off the Valar and free Melkor, only use his own influence on Arda. But total control is not such a bad thing, if you care nothing about the means used to gain it. Looking before Hitler, or Stalin-the holy Roman Empire was based on Greek Mythology until it turned to belief in Christ, maybe Sauron wanted to set up a mock religion (like in Numenor) to keep his subjects under control. If it was their belief that they would be rewarded in the afterlife or something aong those lines, they would be totally subservient. Any rebels would be quickly isolated. Elves would all leave. Dwarves would go into hiding. Sauron would be free of worry to start creating things-he was after all a Maia of Aule, and crafting things was of his nature so maybe all his later trouble was because he was corrupt, and his rivalry with the crafty Noldor was just to much, so he waged war. After all, he was influenced by greed, spite, malice, sadism, maybe he just figured that as the most powerful being in all of Arda, he should rightfully be leader. Just as Saruman pretty much eventually thought. (Wow, and Aule disobeyed Eru to make the Dwarves-I'm sensing a real pattern here). It was in his nature to rebel from the Valar, and so he with his own god complex (literally) just wanted to rule. Did anyone ever try to write treaties with him, or hold conference and invite him-no. When GilGalad instantly didn't like him, and Elrond/Galadriel/Celeborn wouldn't "fall" for his disguise (I personally think he was just trying to fit in and not scare them) his complex went off and he got ****ed, only to make the one ring. After that, it was all war, kill the dark lord, evil nooooo! Seriously, after thousands of years and multiple deaths I'd get back the old sense of betterness, bitterness and hatred that had been planted in me ages before. (Melkor was very able to seduce firy spirits to the dark side). And Sauron was even a rebel to Melkor, not going back to him to report Luthien, just running of to wherever he went. I think maybe the other races forced war on him, not realizing that there are other ways to peace, and that since he was in Mordor before they were even there, he had a right to not be threatened by newcomers. But no, he served the ancient evil, he had to go.