User blog comment:Ulfric nord/the stormcloak rebilion/@comment-7055753-20130322235239/@comment-80.216.216.52-20130323002426

Yup, siding with the imperials will mean waiting and waiting for the "right" time to strike at the Thalmor but it will never be the right time, so Thalmor sway over the mede empire will keep on increasing until the empire de jure becomes a vassal state to the AD unlike present day when it de facto is one.