Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-5024640-20150113222500/@comment-25892920-20150114062450

No no no, SuperSajuuk is right. Oro was manipulating against a weak Suna to a war. In one of the fanbooks Kishi rates each village, the lowest was Suna, population 2/5 that is below average, military strength 2/5 very baaad they had to use mercenaries(Naruto chapter 95, page 10), economic strength 2/5 poor. Their economy was fueled by Fourth Kazekage's ability to control Gold (Naruto 547, page 5), attacking Konoha was a way to bring back Suna as back as Great Shinobi Village.

On the other hand Obito fully controlled the Mist Village, even playing around it by making the genins kill themselves or promoting people like Kisame to his organization. He was there 24/7.