User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 463: Black Carpet, Review./@comment-4933386-20151123094339/@comment-7418318-20151123101919

Agreed, especially if you contrast it with her actions in those wizard wars shortly after Fairy Tail's founding.

Minimizing casualties is fine, but going into battle with insufficient forces will only cause more people to die or be hurt in the end, because after the enemy stomps all over you, they'll be free to do as they please and rampage around unchecked.