User blog comment:HELO/Le-WHY-athan/@comment-2249774-20120908054510/@comment-4950455-20120908061923

''it seems like they were more too lazy to kill the Reapers than weak. ''

In the original conflict, it was probably some mixture of both - I'd be willing to guess that they could probably have nipped "the Intelligence" in the bud, but they didn't take it seriously until it was too late.

By now, though, it's certainly not just a matter of "laziness".