User blog comment:Snow X Arrow/What side in the Civil War did you choose?/@comment-4772788-20120713222345/@comment-5229167-20120713224001

They weren't really stomped; they were on pretty even terms when Mede retook the White Gold tower. He probably could have destroyed the thalmor army at this point, but at the cost of many lives, not to mention the thalmor still in summerset isle could use this to their advantage.