User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/A question of morality/@comment-68.20.166.62-20121213204901/@comment-3472264-20121217201927

Had Hammerfell actually DEFEATED the Dominion then the Dominion wouldn't be walking around Tamriel right now. Hammerfell merely drove the Dominion out of their homeland. Even if it were Hammerfell faced only a PORTION of the Dominion's forces, no single province could hope to bear the full brunt of the Dominion military alone, Skyrim is one province, I forget how many provinces the Dominion has but I sure as hell know it's more than 1. In the grand scheme of things you might also want to consider that defense is not the same as offense. Hammerfell was able to hold of the Dominion but that does not guarantee that they could invade and defeat the Dominion.