He is the reason why i dont join the legion.

When you are enter his room on The Katariah he excepts his fate, He doesnt even attempt to kill you.
How is he supposed to rule an empire if he cant even protect himself.

I DONT want this to become a Civil war argument.

If he would have attacked me then I would actually think he was good enough to be the emperor.

What should have happend is when you go in for the backstab he grabs your arm and flips you over his shoulder, "you really think I'd go down without a fight you pathetic ****? Lets see what you've got assassin." Mede pulls a battle axe out and he is capable of ending you in one strike. You have to either use extreme agility and avoid his blows and get in some jabs as you can, or hide in battle and get some sneak shots in. He finally goes down on a knee, bloodied and beaten. "Kill me, and you kill the last hope of an empire." You have options like, "Ulfric demands it", "sithis take your soul" or perhaps a pro imperial way of sparing him. I think it'd be cool.

Would have been interesting. But he's already an old man. He's been fighting the entire time.

Well if I was him I wouldn't fight back either an assassin comes on my boat kill's all of my men no problem and then confronts me with a Blade Of Woe.