User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5247090-20120701154612/@comment-80.216.219.47-20120701160354

What good is physically keeping them out when Elven law and rules are put above imperial/Skyrim laws?

What good is the empire when thalmor justicars can arrest and kill imperial citizens on not even required suspicion of Talos worship (or proof) but simply because, meh why not?

If the empire cant even protect it's citizens when it is supposedly keeping the AD out, what good is it for?

For all intents and purposes the dominion HAS already invaded and occupied Skyrim, aided and abetted by imperial soldiers and are in the process of securing the territory.