Steelcan wrote...
Batarian attacks
Terminus systems uniting to drive them human colonies out
Not doing anything about Saren and the geth
Collector abductions ignored
All of those are internal Systems Alliance issues. You do realize this, yes?
If the Systems Alliance wanted the protection of the Citadel fleets they should have done what the volus did and voluntarily join the Turian Hierarchy.
Then they would be entitled to protection - as it stands, batarians are not a Citadel species and any conflict between the batarians and humanity is strictly a matter for those two species.
Are you seriously suggesting that the Citadel Council should directly interfere in everything that humanity does?
Steelcan wrote...
"The cruel and unfortunate truth" speech from Tevos.
She's right. The truth hurts, but she's still right. There's **** all that the Council can do about the Reapers on Earth, so the best strategic move is to consolidate their own forces while the Reapers harvest Earth.
Garrus says it best; "Ten billion die over here, so twenty billion can live over there."
War is an economic struggle - Earth is a fairly low-population planet compared to other Citadel homeworlds, and it's already fallen by the time you reach the Citadel. Nothing would be gained from trying to retake it by force.