User blog comment:Fliu/Thoughts on the Revolutionary Army's Next Move/@comment-49.197.207.90-20180515024029/@comment-35359957-20180515071605

I would think that Sakazuki would see it as bad optics, along the same line as Fujitora bowing his head to king Riku. He would probably conveniently ignore the hypocrisy and protect the Celestial Dragons, if for no other reason than to show the strength of the Navy. The Dragons are under the Navy's protection, and to let the Revolutionary Army destroy them would make the Navy look weak and ineffective.

While it is possible, I have a hard time seeing Akainu going rogue and betraying the goals of the Navy in the name of his ideals. I think he accepted the hypocrisy of claiming to fight for absolute justice while giving the Dragons free reign a long time ago.