When you fire a machine gun at a target, or cluster bomb one, not all of the munitions are hits. It is because of multiple effective (to some degree) strategies that some efforts will appear to have been unnecessary. Would you rather the other way around?
But, since so many people have your attitude of “it was all overblown and a waste”, it’s a pretty good bet that hospital will see some action in the next few months.
American Firepower Discipline: It is better to waste bullets than men.