These are my views...
First off Pac is my GOAT rapper... BUT IMO he was caught in between two mind sets, positive and negative...
I believe his long term goal was to in power people and better himself, but I believe in order to achieve that long term goal he had to ride for the 'DEVIL' in the short term and engage in a war HOPING that if he made it through the storm he could ride the wave and side with the 'GOOD', unfortunately he drowned in doing so... But I think he knew the risks and was willing to take the risk and essentially roll the dice...
Second, I believe Suge is a monster that had had the world at his feet but due to his ego lost the world... I believe him and Puff could of sat down like grown men and made arrangements to stop the 'war' from escalating, in away like waring Mafia Dons do, but I guess egos and also Im guessing other parties being involved it was too difficult to arrange??? But I believe Puff being a businessman would of made a deal, but IMO Suge was/is an egotistical devil that couldnt get rid of moving like a street dude/banger instead of moving a organised street savvy businessman like Puff for example... Suge it looks like wanted everything for himself though...
Third, people saying Puff is pussy for not handling beef himself??? How many 'dons' you know do the dirt themselves, if there was dirt to do that is??? Thats not pussy thats SMART, the way he moves clearly works he is worth nearly what, $500mil??? And made it through countless wars and beefs etc and navigated his through the dangerous era where he had to 'allegedly' associate himself with SERIOUS street players, that are now either dead or in jail... It looks like he has come through with himself and his family seemly unscathed...
At the end of the day, if everyone involved in the beef was 10 years older and not in their early 20's and seemingly hotheaded MAYBE Pac and BIG and others may still be alive, but these guys were dealing with 100's of millions between them and had mad power at such a young age that it looks like IMO schitt got carried away... They needed some wisdom and foresight but being in your 20's with nothing to reference to like we have now (how many times have peopled referenced to the 'pac and big war' when it comes to beef???) it all got carried away and people lost their lives...