Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170217002708/@comment-5819833-20170218040418

Who's to say they thought this through? I mean, there's making a plan and then there's thinking something through. It's heavily implied they've been angry about being isolated since Madara "died". How many angry mobs do you know make smart plans? It actually a smart plot point on Kishi's part. Plus, it's stated multiple times that the council didn't have complete faith in their ability to quell the rebellion, should it happen. This implies they either underestimate their forces' abilities or overestimated the Uchiha, both of which are problems in battle strategy.

Onto another point, the Uchiha are very overpowered. Most of the ones we've seen were capable of taking on large groups by themselves. Sasuke took down Danzo, after being worn down by multiple Kage and jonin. Madara casually took down armies by himself. Itachi was sick but his intelligence was his most deadly weapon anyway. He saw several moves ahead of pretty much everyone.

While these are special cases, it sets the tone that the Uchiha were a huge threat, whether or not their plans were thought through. They were a battle clan, thriving in the heat of battle and even if they didn't win, it would be a crippling blow to Konoha nonetheless. Half of the shinobi you mention weren't at the level they were at during the series when these events took place. I highly doubt Guy could do some of the stuff he did during Shippuden. Kakashi was an Anbu at the time (I believe) and didn't have conscious access to the Mangekyo Sharingan. The Hyuga may have been a problem but I don't see a Byakugan faring well against a fully awakened Sharingan. At most, they'd counter each other. And I doubt the Uchiha were blind to their weak points in some of the other areas. We can't assume numbers on either sides and the Uchiha could easily steal ammunitions and funds they needed. Plus, Konoha was more likely to devote forces to protecting civilians which would have weaken them.

Was it a well thought through plan? We'll never known. Was it a smart idea? Not in the slightest. But a lot of you are putting way too much faith in Konoha's manpower, especially since we've since multiple cases of Konoha being crippled in big cases (Orochimaru and Pain being key examples). I'm not saying the Uchiha would definitely win but this would have been a gigantic mess, whoever "won" in the end. And with the way the Uchiha felt about Konoha, even if they lose, Konoha would be down and other villages would definitely take that opportunity to attack, starting a war that would likely end poorly for Konoha, which means the Uchiha would win in the end.