Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13417807-20130726204600/@comment-3573184-20130913024001

Zippertrain85 wrote: He can't do that because the Empire won't.

The Empire could've resisted the tearms of the Concordat and fought the Dominion. They were very weakened after all. Except all indications have pointed o The Empire doing just that, and building up to fight the Thalmor.

And most likely lost a war against a better supplied army, while Cyrodiil's few remaining forces were under supplied, and largely diverted to rebuild most of Cryodiil's cities, since they were largely destroyed by The Dominion.