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I am your sword and shield to guide you through countless battles. I am your Alpha and Omega; beginning and end. I am GAMMA.
The covenant was convenient for the UNSC because they were prepared to go to war with the colonies' rebel forces who wanted independence.
Now as far as Red Vs. Blue is concerned, Agent Washington actually explains that the Reds and Blues aren't an actual military. Project Freelancer decided to take some of the least competent and unqualified soldiers and assign them to sides and tell them the other guys in their canyon were enemies. They then created various situations using the Reds and Blues to train their agents and test their advanced equipment. See Reconstruction, chapter 12