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Mortimer, I was talking about the hypothetical he mentioned in his comment, which I now see I read wrong. He said "all they did was keep the attention of the Eye (which probably would have not watched its own land after his servants' defeat at the Pelennor)," which I misread as Sauron wouldn't have watched his land if his servants had won. However, the diversion works.. Because the Hobbits were fast enough. If the Hobbits had been a day later, then it is quite probable Sauron would have won. The diversion worked since he thought Aragorn was wielding the Ring. If he had killed Aragorn, he would've found that the Ring was not there, and his thoughts would return to the invaders in his land. Gandalf's point stands about it being the Hobbits critically responsible for Mordor's downfall.