User blog comment:Ulfric nord/the stormcloak rebilion/@comment-4113369-20130322143609/@comment-80.216.216.52-20130323193421

Cont.

"but the fact remains that the Imperials thought they were losing."

The they shouldn't have been so defeatist, they had just won a very important battle.

That is when you press the advantage, not lie on you back and cede to your enemies every demand.