 Complete the following phrase:  Opinions on Yakir are mixed, even today. As a young Civil War commander, he is thought to have used excessive force and violence flamethrowers, machine guns against civilian members of the resistance as well as the Cossack population, and was also involved in requisition. Later, during the years of agricultural collectivization, he launched what are alleged as punitive raids against starving peasants. It is the opinion of many that he was personally liable for the 