User blog comment:Ramallah/Mass Effect 3 details revealed/@comment-1655340-20110412194812/@comment-1900300-20110414025322

Not really. At the start of Mass effect it is lear the council is using the Alliance's military to their advantage by "encouraging" them to start building colonies in areas near the terminus systems, then they blame the Aliance for doing so if they are attacked. The council races systems are safe from the terminus system pirates, Citidel space increases and they dont need to lift a finger. That is not a great deal for humanity.