I do understand what you mean. Being an HNer may sound like becoming one of the echo-chamber but you might want to look at these statistics [1] and then decide for yourself:

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_in_the_War_...

Hundreds and thousands of civilian deaths for what cost? Who paid the price of waging such a war (crime according to some), the taxpayers?

As to measure the 'crime' in the video called collateral damage ... follow the transcript here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6251512