Why was Jesse even involved with the operation in the first place? Because Walt brought him in.
If you're talking about the Pilot, yeah, Walt forced him into partnership. But as far as Gus' business, Jesse basically forced Walt to bring him on board. Walt got Jesse out of the crack house and into rehab, gave him the opportunity for a fresh start, and Jesse decided to start cooking Walt's formula on his own.
That was actually 1 of 3 key reasons Walt started cooking for Gus in the first place - 1. Ego that didn't want to see Jesse cooking his product; 2. Gus' "a man provides for his family" speech; and 3. Turning to the cook after his marriage was falling apart.
Why did Jesse try to engage Gus's dealers in a street shootout? Because Walt refused to help with Jesse's reasonably workable ricin plan and then went a step further and ratted him out to Gus. Walt ratted Jesse out to Gus. Ratting is a form of self-preservation.
Plenty of blame to go around here, but it's not this one-sided. Walt did, in fact, save Jesse's life when he was walking into a shoot-out he was not likely going to win. This is the confrontation Walt was trying to prevent, even if it was considered "ratting" to Gus (thru Saul). The goal was to have it worked out without anyone getting killed. Unfortunately, Walt was naïve thinking that Gus wouldn't ultimately order the dealers to kill Tomas. Yeah, he could have gone thru with Jesse's plan and killed the dealers, but he was again likely naïve thinking they could fix the problem without bloodshed.
Remember, WALT created these scenarios. He doesn't just have cancer. He IS the cancer.
Not picking either side here, but this is very "anti-keyboard-Heisenberg-ish". 😊
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