Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34436445-20180613173319/@comment-26107879-20180703022426

1) I named the chapter. Danzo gave him a choice. Be destroyed with the Uchiha, or wipe them out himself. Nothing more, nothing less. That's literally the mission of the Uchiha Massacre. By choosing wipe them out, he pretty much agreed that Konohagakure would win. He feared Sasuke would go down with them. So he made a choice that would ultimately save his brother.

2)"Following the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack, Konohagakure's leadership began to suspect that the Uchiha were behind the attack due to the Sharingan's ability to control the beast. From that point onwards, the Uchiha were placed under close surveillance — something Tobi claims was accomplished by forcing all Uchiha to live in one section of the village.[2]" Yea, no. Sasuke even went into further detail saying he was isolated for being an Uchiha. Nobody trusted the Uchiha.

3) It's not from just Itachi. It's from the entire conversation from two of the most intelligent characters in the series.

4) They would still face destruction.