number 6, unfortunately, it does appear that the numbers are important.

People have used various justifications for the pre-emptive war that my country has waged against a sovereign country. When the other arguments such as WMD and links to 9/11 are effectively debunked, many people revert to the argument that we did it to help the Iraqi people.

I think that, if we have done more damage to the Iraqi people than even Saddam did when he was in power, we really cannot say that our efforts have been a success. I think that is an important point, and apparently so do many other people. I think that's why they are working so hard to try to discredit the Lancet report.