Yes, Cathay do seem to like doing that, don't they.
Honesty I don't know why anyone actually listens to them, Morgan has been advocating forcibly shutting them up for a bit now. Though things may change with their new ruler -- I was disappointed when he sided with Arcaea, of course, but he seems to be changing his tune a bit now. And they did get rid of Xarnelf, so I suppose that may actually end up helping the war effort.