I think he didn't attack the village when Naruto was a kid becuaseFirst time posting.
There is something i think we are missing or cant seem to answer. Yes Pein took out the villiage, and hes very strong yes. If he was able to do this at anytime, then why not do it before when naruto was a kid?. Its simple Itachi was actually stronger then we know in order to keep pein from going and doing this. It simply couldnt be becuase of what he did to his clan that the akatski would alow him to prtect his village. That being said i dont think we even have the slightest clue as to how strong Madera is. We also have no idea what naruto is capable of since they neglected to show a good majority of his training.
Now on to Sasuke.
He has become a rather gimp charater. there is no way that sasuke could beat naruto at his current level. we know that he doesnt have the curse seal anymore. we know that most of his jutsu's that he learned with Oro were based on gaining extra power from said seal. Also he has not done any training since he killed Oro. During this whole time Naruto has been training and running missions.
Naruto has the best chance of fighting Pein that is around at the moment. We see that he isnt charging in and just shouting he seems very cool and collected, if he mad you better belive it, at the same time he is much more mature.
The up comming manga's are going to shock everyone and i cant seem to find a single theory that suggests that any of us actually know where its going. Im excited to see where we are taking and how the Naruto world forms after all this.
Thanks and sorry for such a retarded post
1-they had to find out where all the bijuus are. Finding out a villages best kept secret is hard to do.
2- They have to capture and seal the bijuus in a certain order. If they don't the Statue shatters. Capturing and containing a bijuu is much harder than waiting until they need to seal it.