For the sake of accuracy, it must be said that Tolkien’s “Eye of Sauron” was not really the same as Peter Jackson’s “Eye of Sauron”. Jackson and Bakshi both made Sauron into an evil lighthouse. Still, the piece is pretty thought-provoking.
I’m amazed at how some liberals can read Tolkien, and not get the message about power. I suppose Obama would take this Ring out of a desire to do “good”. Who are the happiest people in Middle Earth? The nearly government-free hobbits.
I actually can't find a good equivalent to Obama in LOTR. I sincerely believe he's a puppet in way over his head but also that he is not misguided or ignorant; he truly desires evil for our land. Kind of like if Wormtongue got elected Steward of Gondor.
Who have been protected throughout their history, though they know it not, by the Rangers of the North. Who they dislike and mistrust.
It's sort of like the European/American relationship.