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Related: About this forumBernie Is Absolutely Right: Climate Change Makes Terrorism Worse
Last edited Sun Nov 15, 2015, 01:55 AM - Edit history (1)
At Saturday nights second Democratic presidential debate, just a day after ISIS launched horrific coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, moderator and Slate political columnist John Dickerson asked Bernie Sanders a straightforward question: Sen. Sanders, you said you want to rid the planet of ISIS. In the previous debate you said the greatest threat to national security was climate change. Do you still believe that?
Sanders didnt hesitate: Absolutely.
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Sanders response is gutsy for a challenger thats recently seen his polling numbers slip to frontrunner Hillary Clinton. But its also correct.
Even though the wounds in Paris are still very fresh after Fridays attacks, Sanders appropriately used this moment to highlight the current and future global tragedies that unmitigated climate change will surely cause. A landmark study earlier this year provided convincing evidence that a multiyear drought linked to global warming helped spark the catastrophic Syrian war, which helped give rise to ISIS. The Pentagon has consistently called climate change a threat multiplier. If we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, Sanders said at tonights debate, you're going to see all kinds of international conflict.
In just two weeks, more than 100 heads of state will gather in Paris to negotiate the worlds first global agreement on climate change. Their job, in the aftermath of the tragic attacks, has never been more important.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/14/bernie_sanders_was_right_on_climate_change_and_terrorism_at_the_debate.htmlSanders didnt hesitate: Absolutely.
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Sanders response is gutsy for a challenger thats recently seen his polling numbers slip to frontrunner Hillary Clinton. But its also correct.
Even though the wounds in Paris are still very fresh after Fridays attacks, Sanders appropriately used this moment to highlight the current and future global tragedies that unmitigated climate change will surely cause. A landmark study earlier this year provided convincing evidence that a multiyear drought linked to global warming helped spark the catastrophic Syrian war, which helped give rise to ISIS. The Pentagon has consistently called climate change a threat multiplier. If we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say, Sanders said at tonights debate, you're going to see all kinds of international conflict.
In just two weeks, more than 100 heads of state will gather in Paris to negotiate the worlds first global agreement on climate change. Their job, in the aftermath of the tragic attacks, has never been more important.
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Bernie Is Absolutely Right: Climate Change Makes Terrorism Worse (Original Post)
Cheese Sandwich
Nov 2015
OP
Yes, but our Corp media never reports on these tragic facts so Americans only know 'terror'.
sabrina 1
Nov 2015
#2
The drought in Syria was a HUGE factor in the unrest spiraling out of control.
bullwinkle428
Nov 2015
#6
marym625
(17,997 posts)1. they're killing each other in Yemen over water.
If we don't do something soon, if it isn't already too late, it won't be long before it happens here.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)2. Yes, but our Corp media never reports on these tragic facts so Americans only know 'terror'.
marym625
(17,997 posts)4. And I'm the middle east, we're terrorists
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)3. what came after "Absolutely..." ?
Weird edit.
marym625
(17,997 posts)5. click on the article.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)10. Sloppy me.
Thanks
Sanders didnt hesitate: Absolutely.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)6. The drought in Syria was a HUGE factor in the unrest spiraling out of control.
K&R.
Hydra
(14,459 posts)7. Climate change is one of the biggest factors in everything going on
The second is our crazy war policies. Everything looks like 1984 these days...we weren't supposed to be shooting for that.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)8. I'm glad Sanders is finally joining O'Malley in calling this out
(Sorry, couldn't resist.)
But, yes: climate change absolutely impacts conflict and terrorism, per both the CIA and the Pentagon.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)9. I remember O'Malley had a kerfuffle about this before
Republicans all went crazy about it. Now they can have another spaz attack.
Matariki
(18,775 posts)11. Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian War, Study Says