New Tolkien Interpretation

[Fangorn]

In Tolkien's Cannon, it is apparent that Sauron used torture, fear, misinformation and greed to further his intentions. Would anyone care to extrapolate and allegorize (yes, the "A" word) on current political policies, which seem to exemplify this tactic?

Please make direct references to ideas you may have, taking care to not make blanket statements. and as always, remain as courteous and tolerant as possible.

If anyone feels this question too controversial, it can of course, be removed. My intention is to foster an intelligent and interesting discussion, and not to court overtly confrontational idealogies. If this thread succeeds, then I see alot of hope for future ones.

[Desi Baggins]

Current politaical policies, hmmmm....I am sure there is some way to allegorize the US, Sadam and Bin Ladden into LotR. How exactly I am not sure. One thing that is jumping into my head is the fact that Bin Ladden is always broadcasting his little speeches and they made me think of how Sauron used the palantir to broadcast things to Pippin, Aragorn and most importantly Denethor. Could Denethor represent President Bush? How are we to take these broadcast is Bin Ladden telling us anything imortant in them or is he trying to mislead us in any way? In his most resent on just before the US elections he said something like "It is up to the citizens of the US to decide our fate." What is something like that to mean? Is he trying to tell us that our decision to re-elect Bush is going to destroy us and we should have chosen Kerry so we could pull out of the war and run and hide as Denethor wanted to in RotK...Or is our decision to choose Bush like Aragorn taking the throne and helping win the battle to destroy The Ring, meaning Bush will lead us in making the World a better place.

That is about all I have now...I hope to see more of your thoughts on this!!!