User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Give the Empire a Chance./@comment-4644719-20111210211554

At first I was all, get some revenge on those imperials for almost cutting off my head. But then I was all, the Stormcloaks don't have a prayer against the Thalmor.

I hate the Thalmor, and I want to kill them all. I think I'd have a better shot at that with an Imperial Legion at my back than I would with some Stormcloak rabble.

In game books have detailed that Thalmor battle doctrine is all about intelligence, Imperial strategy is about overwhelming with disciplined numbers, and the Stormcloaks are classic guerillas. With their superior information, the Thalmor could out ambush and annihilate the Stormcloaks in a swift and brutal manner. The Imperials have a chance if Dohvakiin can just hold their lines together.