User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-5469467-20121101051603/@comment-5135631-20121103011625

I understand the necessity of the WGC. It makes sense that the Empire loses a war every once in a while. Ulfric understandably can't make sense of the WGC, but that's due to many reasons; the key one being that he felt the Empire could pull out a draw, or at least he felt the Thalmor wouldn't be able to take Skyrim. He fought on the frontlines, perhaps he's better suited to attack/defend the WGC than us. Then again, so did Tullius (fight on the front lines). But that's not the point. My anger is that Mede could have negotiated slightly better terms, and not hang the Redguards out to dry. How can the Empire claim to represent Skyrim any more now that they banned Talos worship? It would be like if the Israelis burned down Mecca due to anti-Islamic pressure then declare themselves Caliphs of Islam (for a very, very bad analogy).

My point is that if the Empire wants to surrender, fine, they had to. But it is morally indefensible for them to be able to claim to represent Nordic interests anymore.