User blog comment:Deyvid Petteys/Bethesda Reads Our Wiki?/@comment-4723560-20120711054119/@comment-70.71.251.6-20120712001431

They wouldn't need to make a giant war, just have you sent into the Summerset Isles as an agent to cause havoc and kill the leadership. Because mankind can't afford another war right now, cutting the Thalmor's head off would severely weaken it.