seems to me they were being 'Wise', by effecting the greatest possible change with the least amount of effort [ or better to say[ influence.
They knew that the Elves were fading and that the Numenorean kingdoms needed a shot in the arm.
So what better way than to send 'advisors'?
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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