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Martin O'Malley

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1. Drought

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 05:06 PM

Jul 2015

"One of the things that preceded the failure of the nation state of Syria and the rise of ISIS, was the effect of climate change and the mega-drought that affected that nation, wiped out farmers, drove people to cities, created a humanitarian crisis that created the symptoms -- or rather, the conditions -- of extreme poverty that has now led to the rise of ISIS and this extreme violence,"

- O'Malley

Now the GOP will need to pretend that drought cannot cause economic hardships.

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Republicans Are Upset That Martin O'Malley Cited Actual Science On Climate Change And Conflict!!!! [View all] elleng Jul 2015 OP

Drought FSogol Jul 2015 #1

They will pretend ANYTHING! elleng Jul 2015 #2

Reince Priebus and the "Absurd" Koinos Jul 2015 #3

I hope he isn't overestimating the intelligence of the electorate. MH1 Jul 2015 #4

You may be right, elleng Jul 2015 #5

Has this been posted in the Environment/Energy group? MH1 Jul 2015 #7

Will do, MH1. elleng Jul 2015 #10

There's also this from n2doc MH1 Jul 2015 #11

Thanks! elleng Jul 2015 #12

Drought does have economic and -- therefore -- political consequences. Koinos Jul 2015 #6

Lead - look at Europe vs US MH1 Jul 2015 #8

Excellent point about Europe! Koinos Jul 2015 #9