Every excess death in Europe (and North Africa) during WW2 was Germany's fault. On all sides. There were 6 million killed in the camps alone. More civilians elsewhere. Plus all troops killed on all sides. 25 million is closer to the mark, not 5 million. The total deaths to allied bombing (all theaters) were ~600,000.
The country that starts the war gets credit for all deaths. It's like a robbery. A guy robs a store, and someone in the back room has a heart attack and dies (completely unaware the robbery is going on). The robber is now charged with murder since a death occurred during the commission of a crime.
Japan killed maybe 10 million total.
Regarding Iraq, the war started when Iraq invaded Kuwait (the intervening years were a cease-fire that could have legitimately gone hot the very first time they so much as turned on a radar). Iraq is responsible for the outcome.
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