Naruto Chapter 452

[Abdula]

Man I feel like smacking you upside the head DBZ

Further his goal of becoming hokage? wasn't that the entire point of argument?

Danzo cares about himself (and his position of power) first and the village later.

I think you've got Danzo all wrong. Danzo seems the genuinely care about the village however he believes that the village's leaders are weak and the village as a whole would be much safer if he was hokage, and frankly I agree with him. The other two elders seemed to be entirely too self absorbed and Tsunade is too soft, too naive, too idealistic and entirely too emotional to be a good leader.

actually, here, on the spot, new theory. Danzo knew how strong Naruto would get from sage training, and didn't want Naruto to stop Payne. in fact, Danzo wanted Payne to kill Tsuande and all the other ninjas, and then danzo could manipulate Naruto and use him as a puppet under the guise of "new hokage wanting to avenge the death of the former leader". and because Danzo knew that Naruto could stop Payne (or even because he knew Payne would only go after Naruto) he killed the messenger frog.

Lol

in short: Danzo didn't have any problems sacrificing the entire village just to protect the 'greater good' of the village, which is Naruto. on the other hand, he didn't seem so willing to put his life on the line for the village.

Yeah I'm sure he got all those injuries from not putting his life on the line. In a war there will always be sacrifices and sacrificing yourself is absolutely meaningless if it changes nothing.

I never said he's a bad character, just that he's a bad person, and a bad choice for hokage, as he puts his personal interests before those of the village.

What the hell does being a good person have to do with being a good leader? Come on DBZ Naruto hasn't gotten to you that much has he. Btw Danzo may not be a 'good" person but he is a much better leader than Tsunade.

You talk about Danzo putting his personal interests above those of the village what about Tsunade. What about Tsunade not acknowledging Sasuke as a missing nin when he betrayed the village and left to go join Orochimaru. What about sending Naruto, Sakura, Yamato and Sai to try and capture the akatsuki spying working for Orochimaru. Don't you think such a mission which I'm sure was S class would warrant sending in not only a larger group of people but far stronger and more experienced minjas as well, since they were likely to encounter Orochimaru.

Hell what about sending Naruto on missions where the objective was to intercept Akatsuki. Yeah send your trump card into the hands of the very people who are trying to capture him. The situation with the sand I can understand but sending Naruto and company out to try to capture Itachi in the hopes of him leading them to Sasuke. What the hell was that about .

Or how about calling Naruto back to the village to fight Pain before she knew his training was complete. Having faith in people is not a bad thing, and if she knew he had already completed his training then it would have been fine. But going against the elders and calling Naruto back to the village without knowing how far his training had progressed simply because she believed in him is utterly foolish. Those are all example of Tsuande putting her personal beliefs and her own interests before those of the village.

Unfortunately, Danzou's hawkish policy is going to lead Konoha to war.

Right and there was no conflict during the reigns of any of the previous hokages right? Madara didn't attack the village during the Shodai's reign? Sarutobi wasn't Hokage during the third great ninja war? The very same war in which Nagato's parents were killed and this madness started. Madara didn't attack the village again when Minato was Hokage? The Uchiha didn't plan a coup during the third's second reign, and the Sound and Sand villages didn't attack konoha during the third's reign either right? The village wasn't just annihilated under Tsunade's watch?

My point, war is inevitable. Wasn't the goal of Pain's entire plan to bring peace. As long as there are ninjas, as long as there are people there will be war. The ninja villages themselves exist for the sake of fighting those wars. Pain's goal was to gather all the bijuu and use their power to create a weapon powerful enough to basically be a deterrent to war itself.
http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/436/14/
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http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/436/16/

Again the point is, War is inevitable. There will always be war and under Danzo the village will certainly be aware of that truth and thus more prepared for it and more capable of dealing with it. At the very least more than they were when Tsunade was in charge.

Now that I think about it, Naruto and Danzo are a nice contrast.