User blog comment:Ulfric nord/the stormcloak rebilion/@comment-5790858-20130321030555

I support the empire. At first glance, the Stormcloaks have a very noble and clear cut cause, freedom of religion. However, if you look deeper into the issue, nobody wants the Thalmor in the empire, and nobody wants them dictating who they can and can't worship. Most imperials are still devout worhippers of Talos too, but they see the bigger picture.

The Empire knows that there is another war with the Aldmeri Dominon in the near future, and they knew that when they signed the White-Gold Concordant. They know that the terms of the treaty will only last as long as the treaty itself, and after that they are free to worship who they want. If the White-Gold concordant wasn't signed then the empire, including Skyrim, would be destroyed and conquered by the Thalmor. The treaty is nothing more than a way for the empire to catch its breath and prepare to not only defend themselves from, but remove the Aldmeri Dominon as a threat.

The Stormcloaks only see what they want, and they don't realize that by starting this revolution, they're only weakening themselves and the empire for the real threat to come. When the Thalmor attack again, they won't care about Skyrim's independence, and they only thing an independent Skyrim does is prevent themselves from receiving the additional legion aide that could tip the scales in their favor, or if nothing else prevent a few Nord deaths in place of Imperial ones. Either way, a unified Skyrim and Empire is the only way to prevent the Aldemri Domion. If the empire falls after Skyrim leaves, then they have no border to protect them, and they will be vulnerable to the full force of the Thalmor.

Long live The Empire.