Then I would put forth that you don't have much experience with military leadership. In practice, morality, as well as cause and effect, are a constant discussion among military leadership. To add to this: It's the lower echelons of leadership that are more about numbers and efficiency and even lower is where it's about "getting it done".

The disconnect, I believe, is what one considers duty another may consider blind faith. There is a vast amount of room for ambiguity here.