the perpetration is not by a single person, but distributed and the world (as in the general populus, whom these leaders appeal to) need to acknowledge this.
examples:
the person that shot the missile, not knowing that it was a civilian plane
the commander that told them to shoot at anything they see on the radar
the engineer that gave up their morals to work for the MIC and develop the AA system
the news writer that wrote fearmongering propaganda saying that the war was needed
honestly the dragonfucker problem would've come up one way or another, dragonfucker is the direct cause that pulled the trigger but the shell and propellant was already in place
square cube law is cool