User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-1786741-20120817053847/@comment-3202167-20120818131539

Tulius says he may attack the Thalmor later on, but when you think about it, it seems more like what he would personally like to do, the Empire wont. It is probably just stalling people not to piss off the Thalmor. At the very least Ulfric does not lie.