2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMartin O’Malley’s Link Between Climate Change and ISIS Isn’t Crazy.
Conservatives mocked the Democratic presidential candidate, but theres evidence of a connection between drought and the Syrian civil war.
Theres an established body of work that draws a connection between drought, resource scarcity, and conflict in general. In a 2013 article for The Atlantic, William Polk, a historian and former adviser to President Kennedy, noted a possible relationship between Syrias civil war and devastating 2006-2011 drought. As they flocked into the cities and towns seeking work and food, the economic or climate refugees immediately found that they had to compete not only with one another for scarce food, water, and jobs, but also with the existing foreign refugee population, he wrote. Formerly prosperous farmers were lucky to get jobs as hawkers or street sweepers. And in the desperation of the times, hostilities erupted among groups that were competing just to survive.
In addition, a paper published earlier this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences specifically connects a severe drought across the Levant to the Syrian conflict.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/07/martin-omalley-isis-climate-change/399131/
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(9,089 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)FSogol
(45,525 posts)Martin OMalley links global warming to ISIS; Republicans promptly flip out http://www.salon.com/2015/07/21/martin_omalley_links_global_warming_to_isis_republicans_promptly_flip_out/ via @Salon #omalley2016
Haley Morris ?@haleymorris
Fact: @GOP Is Upset That Martin O'Malley Cited Actual Science On Climate Change And Conflict http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/omalley-climate-change-syria_55ae7ed0e4b07af29d56793c #OMalley2016
Haley Morris ?@haleymorris 24h24 hours ago
When @GOP attacks science, @MartinOMalley will give them a reality check: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/21/martin-omalley-tangles-with-the-rnc-over-the-connection-between-climate-change-and-isis/ #OMalley2016
Salon.com ?@Salon 20h20 hours ago
GOP mocks Martin OMalley for linking global warming with national security -- but the Pentagon takes it seriously http://slnm.us/mYYiIwr
bigtree
(86,005 posts)There is an indisputable link between climate change and our national security: http://omly.us/1CP7EUI @MotherJones
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)Multiply what we have seen so far by 1000% and it will look like 2025.