User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right part 2/@comment-5762605-20130603134437/@comment-7371906-20130603151509

Independence was the whole point of the Stormcloaks motives and Skyrim needs a high king to govern it if it becomes independent also Ulfric isn't really aiming to be High king as much as all the opposition says considering in the end of the war if he wins he lets the moot decide regardless to the fact that's its just right there also the pc's Dovakiin cannot be the high king because one of the themes of Each Elder scrolls game is that in the next game he needs do disappear one way or the other. Even if the game is set centuries later his recorded actions as a ruler might contradict some of the role play actions of some other Dovakiin pc's so Independence is out since that's the theme of one of the already existing factions and since absolute Independence dosen't seem to have any actual sound outcome and stopping the war the outcome in mutual terms wouldn't really be possible since it would contradict one of the factors of the Stormcloaks since they want the Empire out to also keep the Thalmor out of Skyrim if the Empire would allow Skyrim to be Independent they would need to have the Thalmor to pull out all activities in Skyrim and even if only the Stormcloak controlled territory is independent they would see this as a sign of defiance and possibly start a conflict on this basis which is what the empire fears since they find themselves unprepared against their adversaries that they are not ready for (or ever will be for that matter.) so they would need to quell the rebellion to ensure a stable agreement so stopping the war without picking a side isn't really possible either in the larger scale it would affect.

"a good leader cares for all of the people in his city, and his hold. Nord or not, they are people, and have to be treated as such".

Titus Mede II didn't really competent or considerate about all the people that died in the Great war considering he handed away Hammerfell an entire province of Redguards without negotiation and agreed to the Ultimatum without any further negotiations making all those that have died fighting pointless since what they were trying to prevent happened any way also the whole defeat was his fault anyway due to his inaction's after the presented Ultimatum wouldn't that mean that the Empire is even worse at leadership than the apparent racist leader of the Stormcloak also if you go through history there were relatively prejudiced leader throughout history that were successful in their run as leaders regardless of their prejudice especially during ancient times which is what is considered relate able period for the era of the Elder Scrolls Series and his inaction towards the Dunmer stems from their lack of contribution to society as a whole not really for their race so I really picked the lesser of the two problems since the Empire were only going down hill as their problems go regardless of the events of Skyrim I only wanted to stop them from dragging down a province with their problems also who would you pick in a war some one who actually has at least some idea on how to respond and fight a war or someone who is so passive that he does almost nothing to prepare for a obvious assault until the last minute and also someone whose dead and at least Skyrim still would have a leader after the game unlike the Empire due to certain events in other story lines.