Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24949639-20140528135926/@comment-28861328-20140529050822

Its not stupid.

Its smart. I don't know why all of you Sasuke haters seem to think that the shinobi world is about kissing each other's asses with compliments, but its not. Sasuke is being realistic here. He and Naruto are the only ones who can do jack shit. Sakura is useless. Kakashi is useless. Against someone like Madara, they at least need to be able to touch the guy, and neither of them can. Neither of them can even come close. Sakura got right up on him with Strength of a Hundred and he STILL knocked her away.

In a military, this is reality.

Its now, "Awww, you guys are my fwiends and we'll all do this togethr with the power of friendship." No. Not at all. Its, "You, you, and you. You have the skills I need, so you're with me. You and you, you're useless, so shut up and stay out of our way." That's how you maximize efficiency and lower causalities. If Sakura and Kakashi try to act the boss, they're not only going to get themselves killed, but Naruto and Sasuke as well because its those two that are going to have to protect their dumb asses.

Sasuke may have been crude about it (what drill sergeant would've said it any differently, though?), but he was absolutely right. Leave your Sasuke hate at the door, people. Its useless here.