he was not using it as an excuseActually, as I have proved, he was just using that^ as an excuse to manipulate countless patriotic ninja who would do anything for the village, he sent them out to their death for his own personal gain.
Konoha was already the safest and strongest village in the Narutoverse, why did he want to change that?
He was jealous of Hiruzen and couldn't stand living in his shadow, Orochimaru's attack that shook Konoha's foundations was suspected of being orchestrated by Danzo, as it was clear who would gain from it, and who planted his Senju cells.
countless people die protecting the village ...it happens all the time .....it happens under 1st hokage's control to 5th hokage's control
@bold dont make me laugh ..... i mean it was invaded by many like it was easy as a walking to a park ....oro came like it was no pblm ,a whole sand team came no pblm ... oro killed kazekage and was sitting next to 3rd and 3rd didn't even notice it until it was too long,itachi came no pblm...
you have to look at this from danzo's perspective
to danzo 3rd and tsunade were weak their methods were also weak .....
take the hyuga incident for example..... a foreign shinobi comes and kidnaps hinata .....her father kills the shinobi ..... now the enemy nation wants revenge by asking for haishi dead body ...and hiruzen accepts the deal :sy: if this isn't lame i dont know what is
if danzo was in power he would have started a war did some dirty work and destroyed the other village and set an example for the world that if hey mess with the leaf they'll regret it .....this is danzo's way of saving the village .....sure 1000+ shinobis from leaf would have died also but in future it would make the other villages think twice before crossing paths with the leaf....thus ensuring leafs safty........ i'm not saying it is the right decision but this decision also protects konoha
he didn't help in pain invasion ..... thats a bad thing but to him it means taking out tsunade then ruling konoha his way then make it safe again under his rule
again i say his methods are cruel but his ultimate aim was safty of konoha ....he was looking out for konoha all those years