Very true, very true. Buuuuut then maybe he's not? I mean, I dunno... maybe I just assume that things are being left up to interpretation of the reader.


I also kind of got the idea that Kishimoto's trying to paint Itachi as a very big cog- but a cog nonetheless- in an already corrupt machine. Which pretty much proves your point. Unless Itachi really did have a vendetta against his family AND Konoha and is using Sasuke to finish that vendetta, in which case, he's still a majorly big bag of douche.

I've confused myself! Ack! * shakes fist *