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Suzaku didn't kill any terrorists in Shinjuku. He pulled a Kira, intentionally avoiding cockpits and letting them eject safely. And those guys were hardly innocent, they're enemy soldiers who chose to attack Britannia. We haven't seen enough of Britannia's policies to know what would happen if there weren't terrorists hiding among the civilians, so the whole massacre could be considered partially their fault anyway, from Suzaku's point of view. Unless Britannia kills civilians completely without provocation, which we haven't seen any evidence of despite their complete mercilessness after being provoked, then Suzaku's somewhat right to believe that stopping the terrorists is the path towards peace. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure he killed the cannon operators in episode 8. Of course, those guys had already taken and killed hostages. Anyway, Suzaku has shown nothing that implies he would kill innocents or judges people too quickly or anything.
Basically, Suzaku doesn't believe in terrorism. "The war is over, we lost, make the best of it." Fighting back is only going to make things worse for the people caught in the middle, which is clearly right. Especially if you're fighting back terrorist-style, which is probably long-term attrition with no victory in sight for either side. He's swallowing his Japanese pride and doing what he thinks is best for everyone. Britannia is cruel, and he knows that, but they're not demons, so there's hope for change. They already have an Honorary Britannian system, don't they? Maybe by becoming a model officer and showing that Elevens can be loyal, they'll start to relax their policies.
Hmm... I'm just kind of annoyed at everyone calling Suzaku an idealist or saint or Kira mk2, or whatever. The fact is, he's powerless and he knows this. Sure, he could join the rebellion and prolong some meaningless fighting that will probably result in Japan losing again, or he could go completely batshit insane and dress up in a cape while taunting Britannia, but really, what's that going to accomplish? Very little, unless he's either extremely skilled or extremely lucky. Sure it's kind of crazy to go back to the people that conspired to kill you, but what could he accomplish as a fugitive? At least by going back under crazy circumstances he has a chance of accomplishing something and he's definitely showing his conviction to Britannia.
Lelouch is the one with his head in the clouds. He's completely uncompromising in his beliefs and is willing to gamble everything on reckless chances. The fact that he's somewhat cunning just makes him a more dangerous fanatic, even further from a realist. I suppose this can be traced back to his father telling him, basically, that you're not truly alive until you take your fate into your own hands, but even that doesn't completely justify his suicidal fanaticism.
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