In that, you are absolutely correct.

[He can understand why they did what they did, but that doesn't make any of it good or right.]

From what I am aware of, only two of the most powerful of the Ascians are here. Elidibus you have met, I believe, and while here he seems to keep to himself. The other, whom you may not know, is Emet-Selch. From my point in time, I have...had confrontations with him, let's say.

[The kindest way to put it, really.]