User blog comment:Longdead97/Ulfric's war effort & gaining support. Smart move or no?/@comment-7055753-20130323143058/@comment-80.216.216.52-20130326190327

"What's wrong with the Empire? Yes they submitted to racist elves, but what other choice did they have? Going down in a hail of glory? Scratch that...Burning fire? The elves would most definitly march on Skyrim to do the same to the Nords. (And before you say the Nords would whoop their #$$3$, they just took over the capital of a continent...Including all of its remaining resources and likely, troops. Hadvar said it best, the Empire is the only thing keeping the elven army out of Skyrim"

The AD was in no position to do anything at the end of the Great War, they were just as exausted as the mede empire.

And if only the Imperials weren't so defeatist and or elf-loving they would have realised that and reject any offreings blatantly unfair out of hand.