User blog comment:JoshofBlades/Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks! (part 2)/@comment-219.77.48.128-20111128141707/@comment-173.167.82.81-20130825105600

Great points but your missing a couple of things, when the imperial city was taking by the thalmor. Emperor Titus Mede the second led a brilliant attack to retake the imperial city which would be known as the battle of red ring. They surrounded the thalmor and drove them out and even killing Lord Naarifin in the process. It was this moment where the empire signed the treaty with the thalmor. Yes the empire supported the banning of the talos but the nords don't get the bigger picture. If the empire didn't sign the white gold concordat, the thalmor would crush the empire and would have little resistance in skyrim. The battle of red ring proved that the empire can beat the thalmor and need time to regain their strength but ulfric is messing that up. My final point is that both the thalmor and the empire want to prevent from provoking the other. The thalmor fear the empire and we need the empire. All hail the empire!