User blog comment:ShawnCognitionCP/The Empire vs Stormcloaks, the most likely answer/@comment-24728100-20140612193759

This is a reply to the reply you made to me (for some reason it will njot allow me to reply directly to you)

You claim the dominion had more forces on Summerset isles, how much more could they have had after they commited all their remaining forces to the war in Cyrodiil then lost them all?

if the dominion had enough power to wipe out the empire, how come they couldn't over power hammerfell, the most war torn imperial province, even before the aldmeri invasion? Hammerfell was a loyal imperial province before the empire abandoned them, and they were victorious over the dominion without any support from the empire.

As for the legions, sure, they were tired and had many wounded, but in the big picture their actual losses were relatively low compared to the losese the dominion suffered, they could have rebuilt and recover at their lesiure with no worry of the Aldmeri, and more importantly they should have stood by their allies rather than abandon them.. what does that action say about the empire?

Tullius doesn't say anything about war with the Dominion, he says he's not so sure about the peace they've made with the thalmor. this is in line with other statements he makes about not likeing the thalmor that all stem from his disapproval of the emperors decision to make peace with them. if he is going to war with them he will have to do it as a rebel in defiance of the emperor.