Maybe people should check back on Sinestro Corps War and see that those are basically two stories with two set of characters happening at the same time that spin out of Sinestro Corps Special and meet back in GL #25. While reading GL/GLC I was personally more annoyed with the holes in the story before SCW, like the one year jump at some point and what felt like a gap in Sinestro narrative between Rebirth and his later appearances.