For me, the ruthless attitude and masochistic ideals of the militant Coalition are key to what it is, but I'm not the faction leader so its not my call. I just think that a lot of potential is squandered between having no tag, no NPCs in our guard system and an ID that disallows some actions, but allows others.
I agree though, there could and should be a lot more political subterfuge in the SCRA. If having no allies is the trade off to the freedom enjoyed by the revised IDs, I'd take it. Allies aren't crucial to an operation, they just make it that little bit easier.