User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120703234539/@comment-5135631-20120708094349

They've got their own food in Skyrim you know. Hammerfell would also supply them and thhe Empire would secretly supply them because deep the Thalmor are the real threat.

War of attrittion? Like in Hammerfell, which the Redguards won. Humans are actually better at wars of attrittion, which is why the Thalmor nearly lost it's control in the great war.

Anyone who would rebel against Ulfric would have to have a claim to the throne, and no one would be stupid enough to start another civil war in Skyrim.

I agree with anon, Skyrim is a hard land to attack.