User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! (part 2)/@comment-3062372-20111124070317/@comment-527531-20111126235156

The Thalmor does not recognize that. According to Thalmor dogma, the Thalmor saved the Summerset Isles and Tamriel from the Oblivion crisis, not the events in the Imperial City.