Quote Originally Posted by KCMmmmm
I completely agree with you on this one. Kakuzu never struck me as a genius, but he should have been familiar enough with deceptive ninja techniques to prepare himself for that one.

I know Naruto has used some intelligent strategies, however he always pulls out the same trick first before implementing his strategy - a trick which never works. Blindly attacking an enemy is not a smart move, and the notion that he is doing it to gain info is not entirely valid, since he was doing this well before he realized that his defeated shadow clones dispersed their gained knowledge. ...
Actually, by initially attacking blindly with his shadow clones, Naruto lowers his enemies' guard. They automatically think this kid is stupid, so they are surprised when he comes up with a deceptive side attack later on. So whether Naruto does this on purpose or not, it does work.