Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170505190145

Starscream1998 wrote: when it comes down to it the only one who makes the decisions for Sasuke...is Sasuke. In a sense he is. But we're products of our environment, and Itachi's machinations prevented Sasuke from making sane decisions. In crime for instance there's recidivism, because the circumstances that made them criminals don't magically go away. In the same way, Sasuke was way too fucked up to just be cured by killing Itachi. In fact, Obito basically Bluescreened him. Before that, he was somewhat sane but obsessed. After Obito he was just screwed up.

Furthermore, Obito's half-lies included kicking out his trust in Itachi, so his genjutsu-conditioned mind was questioning it's programming, whereas Danzo's admittance of guilt only served to cement Obito's manipulations. The Kage tried to make their message come across, but it only served to cement his existing beliefs. Itachi did set him on a path back to becoming a functioning individual yet time ran out before Sasuke could completely erase the conditioning. In the end he did become the Dark Hokage he wanted to be, but to Naruto's cause.

He didn't care for Obito because he was only a means to an end, the same way Orochimaru was.