In contrast, they’re not really the barbarians we were talking about(, in french)(, on Stockholm syndrome).

And yeah, of course, so much destruction, and so many deaths, necessary apparently.
Wikipedia talks about 100.000 deaths since 1920(, and more than 7 million refugees), but that doesn’t include those who died in jail, outside conflicts, nor infant mortality or other deaths due to living conditions. Others speak about 2 million deaths(, or even more than 5 million).