User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! Part 3 (Economics)/@comment-4098609-20111123001855/@comment-4098609-20111209131732

Except the Dragonbron couldn't, could he? He's just a hero, who happens to be able to use the same voice powers every Nord in existence is capable of conjuring. Aside from that, he's just a man. The Thalmor have better armour, better weapons, and a better training than any army he could get to help him. He's fucked.

Two: Hammerfell hasn't broken free, it;s just managed not to be fully annexed. It's still weak compare to the empire currently surrounding it, and it couldn't even dream of mounting a proper resistance if they decided to re invade.

Oh, and your precious Ulfric is an agent of the Thalmor dominion being used to help weaken the empire. The True Sons of Skyrim have already lost.