Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26210095-20151117214943/@comment-26453572-20151118221947

Let me say one last thing: If it wasn't going to damage Umbar, Aragorn wouldn't have gone on a mission to harm Umbar, nor would Ecthelion allow him to. And no, it wasn't exclusively for killing the captain, it was to damage Umbar in case Sauron declared open war. And seeing as to how Umbar is allied with Sauron, they would be very dangerous if they weren't harmed in some way. So unless Aragorn, Ecthelion, and all of Gondor are suddenly stupid and enjoy wasting time, the mission would have had quite a bit of damage.