I don't think it's interesting

I brought this up because I think it's really silly to spend tons of governmental money and encourage other people to spend money and effort on something that has no sense.

does utilitarianism actually serve the actual greater good?

If "greater good" has no sense then is it even relevant?

hypocrisy isn't even relevant

Action of utilitarian has two consequences: (1) reduction of suffering, (2) getting pleasure to utilitarian. Since both of them have no global sense, why not look at motivation? And if the real motivation is (2), then it seems pretty reasonable to think of (1) as of byproduct of action.

These aren't things that happen, and I have no idea where you're getting this.

"There’s no good way of calculating how many lives US intervention saved, but the war up to that point had caused 25,000 casualties, and everyone expected the rebels’ final defeat to be something of a bloodbath. Let’s say intervention prevented another 25,000 casualties."

Thanks for the answer. I hope that helps you too.