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Originally Posted by Ginkasa
The curse was that they would come and defend Gondor when they were called, not help defeat Sauron. It was also a one time thing. They just had to make up for their past cowardice and fight in another battle.
And if they thought that they would never be free of the curse. they may attack Aragorn for betraying them. They were about to when he first asked them to join him.
And the battle at the Black Gate was not actually necessary for victory, not the way you mean anyway. If Frodo and Sam were able to get to Mount Doom and destroy the Ring without needing a distraction, it would have ended without a battle. It was not a battle that was foreseen from the beginning of the war and one that they were trying to avoid I think.
*shrugs and walks away*
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The King of the Dead attacked Aragorn at first because he took him for just a regular man, but Aragorn pulled out the sword of the king and defended against his attack, therefor proving he was the King of Gondor, and right after that all the ghosts did not dare think to attack him.
Whether or not the battle at the Black Gate was forseen, it was still obvious that the war was not yet over after the fight a pelennor, and the assistance of an invincible army would indeed have been a tremendous asset in whatever future attacks they would need to take against Sauron and his army.
Aragorn called to the army to aid him against Sauron's forces, he did not specify a specific place or a specific battle in which this aid was needed, it was a general need of service against the enemies. Therefor, when the Dead King asked to be freed after the fight at pelennor saying "you gave us your word" it wasn't actually proper, as Aragorn could have kept them in service for as long as the enemy still existed and still wouldn't have broken his promise.