If Konoha was all about the Will of Fire, team work and never leaving behind comrades in need, why was Sakumo Hatake punished so bad?


There's so much emphasis on being there for your team members, I don't
understand why Sakumo Hatake was looked down on for saving his comrades and
abandoning his mission, to the point he committed suicide. It's a part of the
story I find inconsistent.




It wasn't the fact that [Sakumo](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sakumo_Hatake)
chose to save his comrades that lead to his disgrace. His decision to
abandoned the mission caused the mission to fail, which was supposedly very
critical for Konoha for it to succeed. His allies (Konoha and those who he
saved) blamed him for the loss, which lead to his suicide.

This is covered in _Naruto Chapter 240_.

[![Naruto chapter 240
snippet](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Aqe1Dl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Aqe1Dl.png)

