User blog comment:VaughanTES/The Second Great War?!/@comment-71.173.93.241-20121015212656/@comment-3492791-20121015233702

The Empire already lost once, when they were at full strength and had an entire other Provence behind them. Now they are weakened by a civil war in Skyrim and are under constant watch by the Thalmor.

If your post is any indication of your the effort you put into things, it can be assumed you didn't really research the topic before you started sending declarations of war.