The terms ‘collateral damage’ and ‘friendly fire’ became news parlance when the US invaded, and ultimately destroyed, Iraq in 2003. It meant that bystanders, civilians or even allies could be acceptable casualties when rockets fly and bombs are dropped indiscriminately, and that those victims don’t count for much so long as the good cause of war is furthered. When the US Treasury on April 6 announced yet more embargo measures against Russian business, the financial destruction it ensued spared neither foe nor friend.