Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.97.80.106-20130811163656/@comment-10207438-20140105021731

79.41.109.189 wrote: They simply couldn't win against the Dominion.

Quote from the ES Wiki: "Though many were angered against the Empire for signing the treaty, it can be argued that if the treaty wasn't signed and the war continued, the Aldmeri Dominion would have destroyed the Empire."

And that was the case when the Empire and the Stormcloaks didn't weaken themselves and the Empire had the full support of Hammerfell, what isn't the case now. if you actually looked into the aftermath of the battle of red ring you would know that the Aldmeri Dominion had basically no soldiers left besides what was in Hammerfell, and those could have easily been taken out if the empire had sent reinforcements.