User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Give the Empire a Chance./@comment-98.94.124.74-20111213035535

A VERY convincing viewpoint, but I'd like to dispute the latest point you made against the rebellion. While it is true that a Stormcloak victory would wound Skyrim as a whole and present itself as a promising target to the Thalmor, I would like to think that they aren't alone in having vehemently opposing the Aldmeri Dominion. Turn your head eastward to the Argonian provinces of Black Marsh and (the remains of) Morrowind. They are not allied with the Thalmor or the Empire, and The Stormcloak Rebellion may perhaps find an ally in them.* Hammerfell is neither Imperial nor Thalmor, as it renounced the former when the White Gold Concordat was signed (ceding Hammerfell to the Aldmeri Dominion) and the latter when the resident Redguards found this arrangement unsatisfactory. Thus High Rock and Cyrodiil are all that's left of the Empire. With a little pushing ( as High Rock is now virtually cut off from Cyrodiil ) High Rock may be inclined to oppose the Thalmor with reassurances from possibly a total of 4 other provinces (Skyrim, Morrowind, Black Marsh, Hammerfell) .* A total of 5 provinces could, if sufficiently pressed, form a temporary alliance to reduce (maybe eradicate) Thalmor influence throughout Tamriel. (As I'm typing this, I'm worried that I'm glossing over details and skipping stuff, I would be much obliged if the things I've postulated were discussed and reasoned out, as I'm rather curious just how possible/probable the outcomes I've suggested are. Thanks in advance :)) And sorry for the wall of text.
 * Points made that should be given sufficient reason against