User blog comment:Arbington/DLC Theories/@comment-2250460-20100912015019/@comment-217683-20100912033806

But a government doesn't just forget about the threat of an enemy attack just because that enemy doesn't attack them right then... that's just silly. The French didn't forget about the Germans in 1925, and the Brits didn't forget about them in 1943. None of the squad members forgot about the Reapers, though they did go on with their own business simply because they were no longer in a position to do anything to prepare the galaxy.