User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-5558140-20130710041228/@comment-5558140-20130710075702

and for reference, the civil war is not the empire's cause, it was a cause forced upon them by the aldmeri dominion. in the ultimatum, it was accept the peace terms or be destroyed. in my opinion, the empire was right in making the decision to agree to the terms, and i think its foolish that the stormcloaks don't necisarily see the bigger picture. at the same time, the empire fails to see that creating a civil war was something the aldmeri intended. if the empire takes full control over skyrim and crushes the stormcloaks, an army just as formidable as the imperial legion in skyrim, then they have one less ally to rely on if they were ever to fight against the almeri dominion. and yes, it is an assumption that down the road the empire will EVER fight the dominion, but so far, assumption is all we have. we cannot say for sure whether or not it will or wont happen until the lore writers pen something. and your second paragraph, your contradicting yourself. you say that only a few soldiers and tullius incinuates they may be biding their time to stike at the aldmeri dominion yet your proof for refuting their words come from ONE soldier, so while i think you make many valid points, your also taking certain things far out of context.