Published on Jul 22, 2015
Speaking to Bloomberg Politics, Democratic Presidential candidate Martin O’Malley says that the conditions created by climate change led to the rise of ISIS and extreme violence.
MARTIN O’MALLEY: “For example, one of the things that preceded the failure of the nation state of Syria, arise 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 led now to the rise of ISIL and this extreme violence…”
Bloomberg Politics
July 20, 2014
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Related Link:
2013 conflict in Syria blamed on drought caused by global warming — Flashback 1933: ‘YO-YO BANNED IN SYRIA – Blamed For Drought By Moslems’ – Real Science reaction: ‘In 1933, drought was blamed on Yo-Yos. Eighty years later, modern Yo-Yos blame drought on CO2’
Latest science refutes global warming/drought claims: Globally, ‘there has been little change in drought over the past 60 years.’
