Well Rule 13 is a way of saying 'we are relocating Catalyst to the CapCon'. Have a nice day.
Rule 4? 10k mechs cannot hold a planet is political and based roughly on real world, but its a level of 'politics' which covers basic military/political/security realities. If that somehow crossed the lines you might as well shut down the forums, as any and all canon factional politics has echoes of real life politics, somewhere.