User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-67.142.175.27-20120619173435

A Nord is stronger then an Imperial so obviously the Nords would pose a bigger threat to the Thalmor. ( So if the Stormcloaks won the Empire would be just as weakened as the Stormcloaks, the difference is Skyrim has Nords and Cyrodiil has Imperials