By that standard, a LOT more blood needs to be shed in Iraq.
During the 4-month Finnish punakapina Civil War of January to May 1918 and that conflict's aftermath, about 30,000 out of a population of three million were killed- at least one per cent of the population, and some sources give numbers as high as three percent, more than would fall two decades later in the following four month Talvisota war of 1939-'40 when a million and a half Soviet troops invaded, in the opening shots of WWII, and a probable spur to Hitler's invasion of Russia.
| Whites | Reds | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killed in action: | 3 279 | 5 324 | 484 |
| Executed, shot or murdered: | 1 321 | 7 207 | 392 |
| Concentration Camp deaths: | 6 | 11 785 | 500 |
| Capital punishment: | - | 125 | - |
| Died after release: | - | 597 | 2 |
| Missing: | 42 | 1 818 | 116 |
| Other causes: | 173 | 695 | 536 |
| Total: | 4 821 | 27 426 | 2 030 |
| Source: http://vesta.narc.fi/cgi-bin/db2www/sotasurmaetusivu/stat2 |
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If such numbers even minimally approximate similar results for such an event in this country, probably much less likely to be completed in just four months, given a population of 281,421,906 per the year 2000 census, we might expect between 25 and 30 million dead.
I think a lot more blood needs to be shed in America.
You reckon that'll be enough? That's going to be a heck of a grave registration problem for someone.