"I would like to draw your attention to the kind of wars our enemies fight against us," he said.
You could not defeat an army half their size were the battle fought the way your enemy would fight.
We have a much larger enemy and very little time to fight him.
The enemy might turn and fight at any minute.
But that's less effective if the enemies are actually fighting.
From this point on, father and son will become enemies to fight for the love of one woman.
Having a common enemy to fight against brought out the best in people.
Of course the enemy would fight us magically as well.
The elves did not know which enemy to fight first.
The better one knew his enemy, the better he could fight.