User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)" Refuted/@comment-6044976-20131228125415/@comment-9062114-20131228125702

I wasen't a contradiction, it was merely looking at both sides of the situation. The Empire does need Iron & Steel for numerous reasons. The Dominion may even understand this, and even trade some of it with the Empire.