No it doesn't make it difficult to feel bad.
Are you heartless?
Doesn't matter who caused it (IE Government or Terrorist Org.)....
No one should have to go through these types of aggression based on the leaders mistakes, choices, plans, whatever you'd like to call it.
But the people do end up suffering for those choices. The people suffer for it on both sides of the coin. This is what is terrible and sad.
So the men, women, children, elderly, agriculture, animals, hell lets just say the entire ecosystem falls victim to the pain and suffering caused by these events.
Again caused by respective governments or terrorist organizations.