Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170418193530

BakumatsuWarrior wrote: Danzo's a reprehensible piece of shit, but all major powers engage in this type of horror in the real world. As far as we can tell, the main nations in the Naruto world aren't exactly clean-handed either.

The Cloud tried to get their hands on a Kekkei Genkai by abusing war exhaustion and basically tried to bluff their way into it. The hidden stone had no problems hiring a mercenary group of amoral S-rank criminals. The hidden mist murdered their Kekkei Genkai users and also their young shinobi in blood trials. The Hidden Sand experimented upon the Kazekage's son in order to obtain great power, with little regard for his life or happiness.

In fact, every country expects every other country to behave that way, and so the cycle continues.