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Originally Posted by LetsTalk
I am not claiming that the number of casualties on the report is correct or wrong. The simple fact is that there have been too many civilian, and US forces casualties (4000 according to the Chicago Tribune and other sources).
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Your logic does not follow. If the study is wrong (which the Roberts et al study was), then your basis for claiming too many deaths can fail because you must look at the counterfactual, which then includes a continued sanctions regime and Saddam the benevolent deciding which potential regime enemies should he kill. Ergo, you cannot claim your conclusion to be a simple fact.
You must look at both what is seen and what was unseen.