User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-166.82.242.97-20130507214604/@comment-9062114-20130507215506

It's symbolic. If he can't protect himself, how could he protect Skyrim? The Dossier says no such thing. It said he could be used as a pawn to start a war in Skyrim. Nothing about him serving the Thalmor.