User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-6336669-20130507202240

Ulfric is racist. He delivered the order himself that makes all the Argonians live on the docks. Quite a few NPCs mention this actually.

Also, he is going against the very thing that will save him. Yes you mentioned that the A.D. was weak as well, but A LOADING SCREEN says that the White-Gold Concordat was the only thing that stopped the Empire from being decimated, not to mention all the NPCs and books.

The High King doesn't need to be able to defend himself. Could Obama or Steven Harper defend themselves against an aggressor in today's society? Nope. That's what bodyguards and armies are for, the Empire and it's allies are backed into a corner, and so the High King was forced into a wait-and-see mode, then Ulfric came along, 'ursurped the throne, and sent Skyrim into chaos' -General Tullius. The High King didn't need to defend Skyrim against anything...yet.

There was a pause in the war while both sides regrouped, and now the Thalmor have the lead because the Empire was trying to put down the rebellion in Skyrim, and suffered losses. Ulfric picked the worst possible time in history to start a rebellion in one of the most important provinces of the Empire, and he paid for it.

The Nords couldn't have defended against the Thalmor themselves had they taken Cyrodill, with newfound resources and men the Thalmor would have pushed directly into Skyrim, the homeland of Talos, and one of the most Talos-worshipping provinces.