didnt WOTLK in wow offer Death Knights to those ppl who bought it?
didnt EQ2 offer Freebloods to those ppl who bought it?
and many other games have offered races in their expansions and mmo's to the players who bought them, seriously stop whining about it already and reach in to your pocket and pull out an additional 20 dollahs, the CE edition had to offer SOMETHING to make it worthy of being purchased and I totally agree with the Imperial army being offered.
the IMPERIAL ARMY has many different races in it, it has Dunmers it has Bretons it has Nords etc etc, you are not buying an imperial race as such, you are buying the right to join the imperial army which basically allows you to create ANY RACE character in ANY FACTION, THIS is what the CE reads. please stop spazzing about it now.
Personally I love being a wood elf and have ALWAYS played a wood elf and NOW I can play a wood elf and join the faction of my choice. THIS IS A GOOD THING