Your plague analogy falls apart the moment it’s touched, mhaze.

We know fleas spread the Black Death because there’s hard evidence they were doing it - not because someone in the 14th century said, “Trust me, you’ll see in 500 years.”

That’s the difference you keep dodging:

Evidence now = history.
Predictions without proof = propaganda.

You’ve already admitted no one in 1945 had a unified “2 million saved” figure. That means it wasn’t part of the decision-making then, no matter how neatly you bundle separate numbers decades later.

The article you linked to was an interesting read, mhaze. Although, I can’t help but wonder if you’ve noticed the irony in posting it.