if it wouldn't matter to you how many were killed???

Well, that's in a nutshell the muddleheaded thinking that does not separate different categories.

(1) If I would had been for that war, the number would likely not matter much for my opinion.
(2) Viewed from the human angle, any death matters irrespective of the total number for I can feel how a parent, friend, child would feel.
(3) Viewed from a scientist's angle, the total number matters for I'd like to know the best estimate. I have no prior preferences at what estimate I would like better than any other.

Most of my contributions come from (3). I like to debate numbers, which way people have come to them and what are potential biases that may threaten the validity of numbers.

That is in no way an argument for war supporters. That would be as stupid as saying that those researchers who say that the number of killed Jews may be less than 6 Million and may be perhaps 5.5 Million do support Nazis. A search for truth has nothing to do with political leanings.

Wolfgang