User blog comment:Wolfishtail/The Ultimate Civil War Vote/@comment-6365350-20130605112437/@comment-76.254.108.225-20130606064624

1.A united empire? The empire turned its back on Hammerfell and Hammerfell had to fight its own war against the thalmor. Free religion? The empire gave up Talos as a god and, on behalf of the thalmor, forbid worship. Peaceful coexistence between races? The thalmor are abducting and torturing nords that worship Talos.

2."...they are unlikely to receive help from neiboring provinces, especially since they are all part of the empire (Morrowind, High Rock, Cyrodiil)." I thought Morrowind, (or most of it), was taken over by the argonians and became part of the independent state of Argonia? The thalmor can only enter skyrim through High Rock or Cyrodiil, and I doubt the Bretons would like the thalmor to mass troops through their land. I think the nords can easily barricade the pass between the Jerall maountains and fortify that area. Who knows, perhaps the Redguards of Hamerfell will feel sympathetic towards the Stormcloak cause and provide aid. Or maybe they'll just ignore it.

3. The thing about the thalmor dossier just seems like an old, tired argument. In there it says that a victory for either side is to be avoided, or it'll have a backfire effect on them. With the prescence of the Dragonborn, that plan to release Ulfric to so he can cause troubl falls flat because, whether the Dragonborn joins the Empire or the Stormcloaks, there will be a victory for one side.