User blog comment:AveryWood/Reasons Why Going With the Empire is Better/@comment-1786741-20120817053847/@comment-5295580-20120818130603

This whole conflict though shows how little smarts that the stormcloaks had. I know that Talos is one of their main devines that is quite sacred to them. But if they werent so short sighted they would see that the empire had no choice. Many of them fought in the great war and saw the damage the Aldmeri Dominion could do. Skyrim wouldnt stand a chance against the Thalmor either. Sure they would hold them off for awhile but with the Thalmors better skill and use of magic the stormcloaks would be defeated and the civil war would be in vain