User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5229167-20120702214022/@comment-5135631-20120722201606

I like some Americanisms, e.g. "Let me get this straight" "24/7" "I'm good" but some others I hate e.g. "Period" "Math". "Math" especially infuriates me because Mathematics is such a complex and varied discipline, though one that was/is the bane of my scholarly life. It's like saying "I saw several Wolf" as opposed to "I saw several Wolves".

In response to the other aspects of your comment, nothing unites a divided nation together so quickly as invaders. Not everyone likes the Stormcloaks but the Jarls would gladly accept him as leader or draw a truce if the Thalmor invaded while the Stormcloaks were winning, or had won, the civil war. Couple this with the benefits of fighting on home ground (stronger resistance to adverse weather, shorter and perhaps more plentiful supply lines and quicker reinforcement of troops.), then you have, in my opinion, superior odds of a Nordic/Imperial victory over the Thalmor in Skyrim and Northern Tamriel by extension, which would give the nations of free men more breathing room and a considerable decline in Thalmor influence and rise in Human morale. The Empire wouldn't be so stupid to refuse to help the Nords in some way or another if the Thalmor attacked them, because if the Thalmor were to win and establish Elven control of Skyrim, Cyrodill would be vulnerable to attack from it's Northern border and give the AD a platform from which to attack Hammerfell, Morrowind and High Rock in addition.