Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34436445-20180613173319/@comment-26107879-20180701073131

No. I mean Itachi. The guy who wiped his clan out when Danzo told him he knew his clan didn't have a chance of winning and gave him an ultimatum. Join his clan's side and be wiped out with them, or wipe them out himself and protect his little brother. He chose the latter.

Anbu are not just some mindless drones. Just because the Hokage is killed doesn't mean the entire village falls in line. Or if the Hokage is deemed corrupted, they're written off (example: Danzo). Orochimaru killed Hiruzen, yet resistance was still there. No one just said. "Oh, our Hokage's dead, we lost. Let's just comply now." No. The village kept on fighting, it'd be no different against the Uchiha.

Actually it isn't. The allied force was made of only 5 villages and some samurai. It was stated to be 80,000 deep. Konoha has a military force of 3/5 with only Kumogakure and Iwagakure being 4. Thus, that puts their forces at around 14 thousand. Simple math. That also doesn't include young Shinobi who sat out in the war and citizens.

Also, no sense in trying to argue. This says it all...

"I don't see how anyone can say the Uchiha would win and protect the village when the Manga itself says otherwise. The Manga is fact, and the Manga states the Uchiha wouldn't have won, whether Itachi was with them or not. Nor would either side be able to protect the village from a war not just involving villages, but countries itself. The fact that Itachi witnessed countless people slaughtered in cold blood during the 3rd War, just shows the Uchiha just aren't as powerful as everyone seems to think if they can't even keep the war away from their own back yard. And that was with the village. What's going to happen when they're resented and dealing with retaliation? Bye Konoha."