User blog comment:Ulfric nord/the stormcloak rebilion/@comment-4113369-20130322143609/@comment-6085750-20130322154833

@IGotsAName *applauds* couldn't have put it better myself, the civil war divides Skyrim making Tamriel all the easier for the Thalmor to invade, and if you openly go against the Thalmor they will plot to put and end to it, or use it to their advantage but if the Empire stays with them long enough they could grow an army and defend when the Thalmor attempt to invade.