I just read “UN: Afghan civilian deaths in war hit record high”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46262008/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/#.Ty75r8jjvQU

I recalled and looked up the term “Body count” in Wikipedia: “Since the goal of the United States in the Vietnam War was not to conquer North Vietnam but rather to ensure the survival of the South Vietnamese government, measuring progress was difficult. All the contested territory was theoretically held already. Instead, the US Army used body counts to show that the US was winning the war. The Army's theory was that eventually, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army would lose after the attrition warfare.” When unleashing monstrosity on ‘primitive barbarians’ for “shock and awe” value it’s forgotten that a “body” is a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, a neighbor, a friend. How can one convey the horror and agony involved in killing of non-combatant “human beings”? Can murder be justified? Does “cost of war” or “collateral damage” help numb the senses and hide the fact that those who unleash such murderous acts torment souls?  “Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13) [Matthew 5:21, Matthew 15:19, Matthew 19:19, Mark 10:19, Luke 18:20, Romans 13:9, James 2:11] And, are we, in our acquiescence complicit in these evil crimes?