Thread:Omega64/@comment-4503935-20190703001710/@comment-10330822-20191124024539

When it comes to Sasuke's behavior that arc, a lot of what he says and what he does is different. Mainly because he was so driven by his emotions during that time.

First, Sasuke's goal was to target just the councilors and Danzo. Then, he revealed to Tobi that he lied and he was actually after the entire village, feeling their indirect benefit from the Uchiha massacre, that the councilors did on the villagers' behalf made them just as responsible. So the "purifying" was sort of true, as he felt he would purge the Uchiha's association with Konoha by killing everyone.

The thing is, as Sasuke went further along, his emotions caused brash action and caused him to antagonize third parties simply for being in his way. Likewise his association with Akatsuki got him branded as an international criminal. So really, he needed to be able to fight anyone who came after him, and Sasuke simply saw those people as "in the way".

Danzo's point was that Sasuke's hatred and anger had basically become something that he basically just swung after everyone who came across him, and that is wasn't really about revenge against the people who were directly responsible anymore. It went from those directly responsible, to those indirectly responsible, to anyone who tried to get in his way or protect those directly or indirectly responsible. So basically anyone who wasn't going to just let him kill anybody he wanted to.