What If Saruman Had Stayed Good? Theory - Men of the West
I agree. The ring would have still gone to Mordor.
Before clicking on your post, I read it as "samurai" and was going to go into a whole different discussion about how the samurai are considered honorable warriors.
I don't think even the "Easterlings" in LOTR had samurais, or at least I can recall no mention of them. No ninjas, either! LOL!