User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-200.152.225.183-20120629172012/@comment-1840877-20120701084742

To quote Boris Vorshevsky from Modern Warfare 3, "We destroy our enemies when we make friends with them". It's better to try and maintain some sort of peace with the Thalmor, rather than have the threat of a second Great War constantly hanging over you.