Naruto Chapter 452

[poopdeville]

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.

I agree regarding the nice contrast.

I think Kishimoto's point is that imperialism is bad... Wars of aggression gain the Feudal Lord territory, and the Hokage power, but at the cost of hatred by others. That breeds yet more war.

On the other hand, after the Sand/Sound's plan failed, the Sand totally capitulated. After the Akatsuki plan failed, the Rain totally capitulated. A war of self defense only leads to hatred if the defender lets it. Ergo, the key to peace in the ninja world is be to maintain a strong, peaceful military, so that no one will gain from an attack.

Tsunade wasn't the best fighter or Hokage, but you underestimate her. She created the Shotai Nidame or whatever to hunt down Akatsuki. That's far more than the Cloud or Sand did. She kept capable Jounin or Jiraiya with Naruto at all times, except when he was on Mt. Toad. As for Sasuke, he is still potentially a military asset, and she thinks Naruto can bring him back. (I personally think he's ANBU, but let's not go there)

[Abdula]

I agree regarding the nice contrast.

I think Kishimoto's point is that imperialism is bad... Wars of aggression gain the Feudal Lord territory, and the Hokage power, but at the cost of hatred by others. That breeds yet more war.

Yeah I got that point, Pain has mentioned it a number of times here for example. I didn't mention it because I didn't think it was necessary. The other side to that argument is that for the ninja villages themselves to exist war or more precisely conflict is necessary. Ninjas fight it's what they do and for ninjas to prosper there has to be war. That is another thing Pain has mentioned, the only reason the five main villages are able to survive in this peaceful time is because they have very large countries supporting them.

On the other hand, after the Sand/Sound's plan failed, the Sand totally capitulated. After the Akatsuki plan failed, the Rain totally capitulated. A war of self defense only leads to hatred if the defender lets it. Ergo, the key to peace in the ninja world is be to maintain a strong, peaceful military, so that no one will gain from an attack.

The outcome of the war is irrelevant. I only mentioned those incidents because you made it seem as if Konoha was going to be involved in a war simply because Danzo was Hokage and my point was that regardless of who the hokage is, there will always be conflict. As to the second part of that quote I would agree but peace in the ninja world is just an ideal it's not realistic. What you're suggesting is exactly the situation we saw in the beginning of the series. Orochimaru mentioned that in such a situation the ninjas themselves would become weak and soft(mentally) and that someone else would inevitably take advantage of that weakness. Or someone like him would come along and create conflict simply because they "like to see things in motion."

Tsunade wasn't the best fighter or Hokage, but you underestimate her. She created the Shotai Nidame or whatever to hunt down Akatsuki. That's far more than the Cloud or Sand did. She kept capable Jounin or Jiraiya with Naruto at all times, except when he was on Mt. Toad. As for Sasuke, he is still potentially a military asset, and she thinks Naruto can bring him back. (I personally think he's ANBU, but let's not go there)

I don't underestimate Tsunade, I give credit where credit is due. I acknowledge what she did and what she tried to do but she herself seemed to acknowledge that she doesn't measure up to the Hokages who came before her and that is the truth.

As for Sasuke, risking the safety of the entire village by allowing Orochimaru to get his hands on that potential military asset is just bad decision making. Protecting that asset even after he tried to kill the village's greatest asset i.e. Naruto twice, is just inexcusable. If Sasuke had attacked the village with or without Orochimaru while Tsunade was still Hokage what would she have done? Ordered the ninjas to try to delay him and his group without hurting him while Naruto tries to use his friendship power on Sasuke after he failed what three times.

Not all of the Uchiha were in on the revolt. From what we've seen, it was actually only a small part. So for Danzo to execute the whole clan for the workings of a few would be like killing all Somalian's because a few are Pirates.

Where did you get this from? The Uchiha were Konoha's police force so the vast majority of them by default were involved in planning the coup. Secondly Madara implied that Sasuke was the only Uchiha who didn't know about the coup and that was because he was too young and we know from his many flashbacks that he was the only Uchiha in his age group.

Also, a quality of being a good leader is having people trust you and your judgment. Who trusts Danzo? Hell, even his brainwashed lackey Sai is having doubts.

Can't argue that but all things considered that seems rather insignificant at this point. I'll say that Danzo isn't really suited to lead Konoha (the people) because his philosophy and way of doing things is drastically different from that of the previous hokages. All his questionable actions aside, that alone would be enough to cause a huge rift in konoha when word of him becoming hokage gets out. But we all know Danzo isn't going to be hokage for very long.

Btw another thing you guys seem to be overlooking and something I know Naruto probably won't understand is that Danzo gave permission to dispose of Sasuke not just for his own interests but to protect the village. If it was Tsunade, if she was using her head she would have done the same thing. Now that Sasuke has joined Akatsuki and attacked an allied village and the other villages have finally decided to make a stand against Akatsuki she would have no choice but to label Sasuke a missing-nin. If not she would just be defending an Akatsuki member and alienating Konoha.

Oh and I hope you didn't take the you're a dick thing seriously. It was all in jest.

This is all leading to one eventuality. We'll see Sai kill Danzo. One way or another it's going to happen. It practically has to happen. Sai has to discover that Danzo killed Shin or ordered him killed. Otherwise all this buildup is pointless.

I'd like to go along with that because Danzo becoming Hokage pretty much guarantees that he is going to be killed and Kishi isn't going to let Sasuke dirty his hands. But I don't think it's going to have anything to do with Sai's brother though and if it was up to me I wouldn't have Sai be the one to kill Danzo. I'm all for poetic justice and I've got one scenario in mind that would be a very fitting end for Danzo. Naturally I'm not going to share.

Oh and since this is our first interaction I guess I should welcome you back to the forums. I joined after you had already stopped posting but I lurked a lot back when you were active here and I do remember you.