Certainly gandalf takes a much more direct role by actively engaging the nazgul, goblins and balrog, but his role is deliberately indirect to the grand narrative.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Actually, in order to match what Biden is doing, Gandalf would have to be supplying the armies of Saruman and/or Sauron with a significant portion of their swords and siege weapons, all the while pretending to tell Sauron and Saruman to please don't kill so many people.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Simply by amount of arms, I like that, but it's dependent on gandalf and sauron having been friends for decades and coming to each other's military aid dozens of times over their relationship because they share a mutual interest in modes of government, and gandalf being the short-term inheritor of this extremely consistent lifetime mutual dependence and support.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The tower calls for aid, in cutting down the forest of fangor.

[–] h3rm17@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Asumimg Israel is Mordor and not the other way around

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Well, of course 🤷