Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1181222-20171011112920/@comment-734582-20171012194908

UntappedRage wrote: It would be like the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor. You're only waking the sleeping giant. only cause they failed. The japanese intended to sink America's current fleet so they'd have at least a year of total naval domination. In stead, pearl harbor was a huge failure, since the aircraft carriers weren't in and the damage done was fairly easily repaired.

Though the comparison, i think, makes sense. They can't hurt naruto directly, but they can hurt the Fire Country and they can hurt the Leaf. They can wreck a whole lot of damage on regular people. Which may lead to an armistice or so with more favorable terms for the Mist, as i don't think the leaf has really recovered from the last major wars which massively reduced the shinobi population.

Although it's also important to note here that these people seem to believe their Blood Mist made them stronger, in stead of draining the village of essential resources. So maybe they think this war will automatically make them strong, in some weird way.