>>106077288>why would he be incriminating himself if he thought it was the right thing to doHe didn't "thought it was the right thing" (tough arguably it is) because he didn't write it in the first place.
You want to know what really happened? the air nomads were plotting for years to slowly destroy the fire nation with diversity and identity politics. When the war started, they also plot to join enemy forces. Taking the temples was self-defense, and happened without a single drop of blood spilled, since they decided to run away like they always do.