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PRO
The survey counted all deaths and subtracted the 5.5/1000 from the total. This method detected deaths from accidents, malnutrition-dehydration-disease, political education stresses (camps possibly hidden from alqiada), and rampant violence. Many of these deaths would appear normal but their higher rate would be due to conditions caused by the war.

CON
The “democratic” political leadership of western civiliation will occationally need to assert total control over its constituency. Perhaps in preemptive way. An ounce of prevention is worth apound of cure. Big numbers can justify or at least distract long enough to deploy adequite force.

BTW
The typical army is becoming an army of occupation rather than an army of conquest.