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[Halo] Could the SPARTAN-IIs have actually stopped the Insurrection?

According to Halo lore, before the Human-Covenant war the strife between the UNSC/UEG and the outer colonies was predicted to erupt into a full-on civil war, that's why the SPARTANs where created in the first place, to stamp out resistance before it spread.

If the Covenant had never attacked, would this have worked? I know that from a military standpoint the UNSC was superior, this is more of a political question.
gpt
Technically, the UNSC would have likely been quite capable of suppressing the Insurrection without them - by butchering tens of millions of people.

The SPARTAN-IIs were not there to fight the rebels on the front lines of a big war. They were designed for, and excelled at, very precise application of violence against key units and individuals. This served to undermine the rebel cause: since they did not have an established system of governance - by virtue of being rebels - they would be very dependent on *particular* individuals, removing whom would lead to either surrender or an internal feud.

And would thus be the better option compared to a "conventional" military response.