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Compare: the most recent war before WW I between the "major powers" (if Spain was "industrial" is another question, and also how major is also) was

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

1898, lasted for 4 months, less then 4000 wounded and killed.

Compare that just with the US sanctions against Venezuela (again, not too major, but the US definitely is the only remaining superpower) at this very moment:

http://cepr.net/publications/reports/economic-sanctions-as-c...

"the sanctions have inflicted, and increasingly inflict, very serious harm to human life and health, including an estimated more than 40,000 deaths from 2017 to 2018; and that these sanctions would fit the definition of collective punishment of the civilian population as described in both the Geneva and Hague international conventions, to which the US is a signatory."

Just in one year.



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