Naruto Chapter 399: The Beginning of Everything

Summary: Madara recounts Senju and Uchiha's rivalry and subsequent truce with the establishment of Konoha. Madara left, feeling betrayed and sought revenge against Konoha. After the Kyuubi attack, the leaders were suspicious of the Uchiha and planted Itachi as a spy. (Read 399 here)

serenphoria says:

Cue the world's smallest violin. Tobi's telling a sob story...

[a failed attempt at sympathy]

I don't know what Kishimoto's intent is, but what I got was Madara trying to get us to sympathize with him but in the same breath makes him seem self-centered and jealous. He used a lot of language to communicate isolation, like he was the lone hero who saw the truth and was unwisely and unjustly turned away from his own clansman whom he wanted to protect.

Protect from what? From the way I see it, it was Madara's fault that they were in danger to begin with:

Madara sought revenge by attacking with the Kyuubi >> Made leadership suspicious of Uchiha involvement when Kyuubi attacked again >> Uchiha suspicious of Leaf's suspicion, breeding rebellion >> Leaf struck preemptively and ordered their massacre.

This part struck me as funny: "There was a dispute over the position of Hokage...everyone the the village and the land of fire choose him"

Erm...that doesn't sound like a dispute to me. More like...unanimous decision and Madara was the only one that had a problem with that. I think he was jest jealous of how much Senju's clan symbol pwns his own.