User blog comment:Alk'r Guardian/Why the Legion is right/@comment-206.167.65.15-20140224140207

The emperor signed the white gold contract to avoid the destruction of the empire. The empire was rebuilding forces when the Stormcloak rebellion started. This civil war only did good to the Thalmor because the civil war was their enemies vs their enemies, man vs man, etc. They were just standing to the side and laughting at the civil war. The Stormcloak alone has less than no chances to defeat the Thalmor. The empire is in a difficult moment so they need to act extremely sometimes but it's for their survival.I even suspect Ulfric Stormcloak of helping the thalmor.