&gt; If X says “We’re careful to minimize killing Y’s civilians,” shouldn’t we judge X by how successful it is in minimizing those casualties? Or should we say, “Oh, well, X is trying their best, so no need to keep count or compare the counts.”<p>Compare what to what? How do you find out how many civilians would have been killed or lived in an alternate version of history?<p>US killed more japanese civilians than Japan killed US civilians. This doesn&#x27;t mean that US was evil and Japan wasn&#x27;t. It just means that US was successful and Japan wasn&#x27;t, nothing more.