Originally Posted by
grinder
I think so too. They fooled the Empire when they were at the brink of collapsing. The Elves can't reproduce as fast as the humans can, so a war of attrition against three very warlike people could bring them down.
The Empire, on the other hand, is undermined with Thalmor agents, that know too much about everything, and has lost too much credibility to lead the counter-attack with signing that ridiculous contract (which contained almost everything they fought against in the first place), alienating the Redguards and pissing of the Nords by bowing down to the Aldmer and forbidding Thalos. They need to go, so that others, with more backbone, can reorganize and defeat the Dominion.