However, incidents like those involving the Uchiha clan are not uncommon in the ninja world. It's understandable, given that ninjas themselves are an extremely radical group.
Although there are a few intelligent individuals among them, they are too few and lack the power to control. Those who hold power think entirely like warriors; they truly have no grasp of politics. It's no wonder that secular power in the ninja world is entirely controlled by the daimyos of various countries.
Ninjas simply can't handle it. If they were to govern a country, it wouldn't be long before a large portion of the population starved.
Fortunately, when the ninja villages were first established, Hashirama was well aware of the nature of ninjas and didn't attempt to meddle in secular power. Otherwise, the ninja world would undoubtedly be even more chaotic than it was before the villages were founded.
A coup that could be resolved by dealing with just a few high-ranking officials, in the eyes of Konoha's leadership, required the elimination of an entire clan.
And the Uchiha clan was a major clan, with thousands of members. Uchiha Obito's wall of Sharingan alone had hundreds of eyes, and naturally, all the Sharingan collected by Obito were three-tomoe.
Most members of the Uchiha clan couldn't even awaken their Sharingan. Many would never awaken it in their lifetime and weren't even ninjas. This gives an idea of the Uchiha clan's population—thousands is an understatement. To massacre thousands in one night, most of whom were innocent and unaware of why they were being killed, is extreme.
But who is more extreme than Konoha's leadership? If not for the Third Hokage's restraint, Danzo and the two Hokage advisors would have acted against the Uchiha clan long ago. So, despite the Third Hokage appearing soft-hearted and indulgent towards Danzo and the advisors, he was the one with a bit of sense.
In fact, according to the Third Hokage's thinking, stalling the Uchiha clan would mean that even if they did initiate a coup, the damage would be minimal. The notion that a coup by the Uchiha clan would cause significant damage to the village was an extreme assumption.
The Uchiha didn't have that kind of power; if they did, they wouldn't have been wiped out in one night by just Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito.
Moreover, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui were on Konoha's side. Even with the two strongest members supporting Konoha, the leadership still chose to annihilate the Uchiha clan, a self-destructive move.
It's no wonder the Third Hokage was adamant about not letting Danzo become Hokage. If he did, Konoha would have collapsed long before the Uchiha could do anything. After Itachi acted, the Third Hokage had no choice.
He had to help Danzo cover up the incident, because if it were exposed, the village's ninjas would question Konoha's leadership. This was an event that could destabilize Konoha, even if the Uchiha clan wasn't well-liked.
They were still part of Konoha, as evidenced by the villagers' later criticism of Itachi. The Uchiha clan's ostracization was largely due to their role as the village's police force.
Not everyone in the village is a ninja, and not everyone, including the ninjas, hates the Uchiha clan. Otherwise, the Uchiha wouldn't have been able to survive in the Hidden Leaf Village at all.
The so-called hatred is only from a portion of the people. No one would think that exterminating the Uchiha clan is acceptable just because they dislike some members of the clan. So even if the Third Hokage believed that the massacre of the Uchiha clan was wrong, he still had to cover for Danzo.
Publicly, it was said that Itachi Uchiha did it, that the Uchiha clan was destroyed by one of their own. Although Itachi would be ostracized, it wouldn't affect the stability of the village.
But this matter was trivial from the beginning. When the Uchiha were suspected after the Nine-Tails incident, an investigation should have been conducted. However, the attitude of the village's higher-ups was, "Why investigate? Just take action."
This is truly the mindset of a ninja—nothing but a bunch of brutes. Because of this, when you closely examine the so-called strategies of ninjas, you'll find them incredibly naive and full of holes. Yoruha wasn't particularly sensitive about the Uchiha clan before; after all, exterminations aren't uncommon in the ninja world.
But after the Third Hokage explained the details, Yoruha realized that the higher-ups of the Hidden Leaf were a bunch of lunatics, completely out of their minds.
It's laughable that they were even more extreme than the Uchiha clan. The key point is that they had the audacity to call the Uchiha extreme. What kind of extreme clan with such power only wants to control the higher-ups and merely reclaim their rightful power?
It's ridiculous when you think about it. Even Minato looked at the Third Hokage with skepticism. For the Third to make such a brainless decision, even if he disagreed, not stopping it after discovering it was incredibly foolish.
But Itachi Uchiha was even more foolish. He didn't even discuss it with the Third Hokage and just followed Danzo's orders. In his mind, Danzo's status was higher than the Third's, which is quite amusing.
After hearing everything, Yoruha felt that Itachi Uchiha was indeed a beast and lacked any political acumen. With his strength, he could have been a bargaining chip for both sides, but he didn't even attempt to become one. Instead, he firmly sided with the village's higher-ups, a choice that was incredibly abstract.
The key point is that he didn't understand the Uchiha clan at all. He and Obito could wipe out the Uchiha clan in one night, so where did the Uchiha get the face to say that a battle would cause significant damage to the village?
Even if the Uchiha waged a full-scale war against the village, it wouldn't cause as much destruction as Orochimaru's attack on the Leaf. Given the Uchiha's nature, they would likely surrender if a few of their leaders were taken out or captured, just like when they surrendered to the Senju clan in the past. (not true but ok)
Madara once felt betrayed by his clan's pursuit of a stable life. So handling the Uchiha situation was actually very simple: investigate where necessary, address issues as they arise, and offer appeasement where needed. It was a straightforward problem that they turned into a situation where extermination was the only solution, which is truly abstract.
The Uchiha clan was abstract, the village's higher-ups were even more abstract, and Itachi Uchiha, who didn't have a bad image in Yoruha's mind before, turned out to be the most abstract of all.
If they had taken a cue from the power struggles in the Land of Fire's secular world, they wouldn't have made such brainless decisions. This world indeed shouldn't be left in the hands of ninjas; otherwise, even if it doesn't get destroyed, people will only be able to struggle in a world of blood and fire.