User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-1600847-20121105205454/@comment-80.216.219.47-20121108174054

Clearly the Afghanis didn't vanquish/wipe out the Soviet forces in Afghanistan, but then winning over/defeating an enemy does not require that in the first place.

They can have all the mages they want, they'd still be run out of Skyrim due to any number of reasons.

Now, yes by the looks of things Nords will be hardpressed to take the fight to the dominion but Nords have managed it before and I'm sure they will again.