How illegal and amoral were the Sim Wars?

A key part of the Sim Wars was to keep the Sim Troopers in the dark about the war being fake.

Project Freelancer was:

• Manipulated Sim Troopers into killing or maiming each other
• Allowed the Freelancers to kill or maim Sim troopers during their training
• The Sim Troopers could legally count as civilians since they aren't real soldiers
• Wasted numerous resources on the Sim Wars
• Imagine people finding out their loved ones died in a fake war