Why didn't they just mail the ring back to Mt Doom?

And about 400,000 other people. Not counting disadvantaged orcs.

Half of the council was ready to fuck off from the whole continent, so it's understandable why they found it hard to bother at all. Elrond didn't even send any of his people, just some random guests that happened to be visiting his retirement home/holiday resort.

They couldn't afford the insurance for shipping a priceless artifact.

Besides the postal delivery would have probably dropped it off at the black gate and have some clueless troll sign for the receipt.

why?

was he talking about the prequels?

does it matter? reddit wars is reddit wars

But the Eye would have seen them and they'd be up to their asses in orcs and arrows by the time they landed to enter the mountain.

Orcaphobia is racist and needs to stop.

Couldn't they just exchange it for good money at a pawn-shop instead? If they were so scarce of money.

I thought Tolkien was supposed to be a good christian boy?

Didint nazguls have their own flying fighters?
They could have just intercepted eagles