^ all of that.

On top of that, there's the fact that all of the asshole ninja problems that "require" asshole ninja solutions were caused by ninjas being assholes in the first place.

It's hard to support the idea that the "efficient ninja" approach is the best solution when the problems wouldn't exist at all without others taking "efficient ninja" approaches in the past.

Basically, everything that's wrong with the Naruto world can be traced back to people doing things the "deception and murder" ninja way in the past. So forgive me if I don't give a character props for being awesome at the thing that causes every problem in the series.