I'm asking you this..
Why should it be Ulfrics fault that Tullius and the Imperial legion are too ignorant to realize that they're a pawn of the Thalmor? You have information there there indicating that the Thalmor are up to no good, and yet still pisses away resources and good men to fight this war? Tullius is a warmonger who claims to have diplomatic skills, yet fails to provide such skill.
So the next time you Imperials want to bring up the Thalmor dossier to accused Ulfric of being the thalmors favorite pet, Just remember what your General said as he pleas for his life
Tullius: "The Thalmor. They stirred up trouble here. Forced us to divert needed resources and throw away good soldiers quelling this rebellion."
I feel like banging my head against a wall over this argument.
They aren't ignorant to the fact that they're "pawns". And they know damn well that it will cause a commotion if people are dragged off.
A quote from Rikke;
When we destroy the rebellion, perhaps the Thalmor will call off their damned inquisitions. It's just making things worse.
They friggin' know, that's why they didn't enforce it in the first place and the Thalmor had no evidence because they were kept on a tight leash.
And then Ulfric prances into Solitude, shouting Torygg apart and singing crap about Talos, giving the Thalmor a foot in the door.
And with the rebellion he made it possible for them to start their 'crusade', getting Nords tortured and killed.
Tullius knows what's going on, he knows that they're trying to get at the Empire in any way they can - as an example; quote from Diplomatic Immunity:
The Thalmor invite me here to remind everyone that they can tell the Empire what to do.; but he's disciplined and clever enough to play along, see here:
I would refuse, but I don't want to jeopardize the peace between us. - unlike Ulfric who believes he knows the Thalmor's game just because he got fed with false information during interrogation 3 decades ago.
His "plea for life" was meant as a warning, to make them realize what the hell is going on and how much is at stake.
But yeah, Tullius was foolish to expect a guy like Ulfric to think that far. Can't blame Ulfric either though, he got played.