Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20140730054526/@comment-17623-20140730095422

I will judge as he deserves. He let the Nine-Tails loose on Konoha, which left the Fourth dead, a bunch of other people dead, and sewed the seeds to get the Uchiha wiped out, which he himself helped in. He was instrumental in the construction of Akatsuki which got a bunch of jinchuriki killed and when he couldn't get the last 2, started a war that left thousands of dead, all to trap the world in a permenent genjutsu so he could get what he wanted.

He died a hero. But that doesn't excuse him living as a villain.