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[National Geographic} Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq
National Geographic ^
| November 14, 2017
| Peter Schwartzstein
Posted on 12/04/2017 11:46:37 AM PST by Zakeet
Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq
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Across rural Iraq and Syria, farmers, officials, and village elders tell similar stories of desperate farmhands swapping backhoes for assault rifles. Already battered by decades of shoddy environmental policies, which had hobbled agriculture and impoverished its dependents, these men were in no state to navigate the extra challenges of climate change. And so when ISIS came along, propelled in large part by sectarian grievances and religious fanaticism, many of the most environmentally damaged Sunni Arab villages quickly emerged as some of the deep-pocketed jihadists foremost recruiting grounds.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: climatechange; iraq; isis; water
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We could have world peace if you selfish Freepers would give up your SUVs and pickup trucks!
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:46:37 AM PST
by
Zakeet
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:47:51 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Zakeet
This kind of garbage is why I stopped getting their once fine magazine after almost 40 years subscription.
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:48:52 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Army Air Corps
OK. So it’s American greed that caused ISIS. Not a hateful ideology. Well, I’m happy I haven’t renewed National Geographic for awhile.
To: Zakeet
So what causes Russian interference again?
To: Zakeet
WOW, who knew, so ISIS is just another NGO working against globull warming!!!
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:53:41 AM PST
by
Enchante
(Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:55:16 AM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:55:52 AM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Zakeet
More excuses for ISIS than Hillary has for losing.
To: neverevergiveup
The only time I opened up this stupid publication was in high school when I did my term paper about giraffes. Other than that, it’s like Rolling Stone magazine...paper filler to line the bottom of bird cages and oil spills when replacing engine oil in your car.
To: Zakeet
So we’ve come from Dummy’s “climate change is the greatest threat the US faces, greater than terrorism” to “climate change causes terrorism.”
I guess it’s hard to guilt people into driving econoboxes while they’re getting run over by moving trucks.
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:57:05 AM PST
by
ConservativeWarrior
(Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
To: Lurkinanloomin
why I stopped getting their once fine magazine
Way back in the early 80's they put out an issue about how great things were in the Soviet Union - consumer goods, clothing, entertainment, etc. It was obviously leftist bullcrap lies and that did it for me.
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:57:54 AM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:57:58 AM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Zakeet
So Man Made Global Warming is the cause of terrorism.
That’s a thin branch.
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posted on
12/04/2017 11:58:31 AM PST
by
Tenacious 1
(You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being rich or stupid!)
To: ConservativeWarrior
I used to look at National Geographic as a kid because you could see naked boobies on the jungle pictures. Since then it is no longer useful for anything.
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/04/2017 12:00:01 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Zakeet
Another AGW article that totally nails it!!!
No wonder National Geo is totally rocking subscription-wise!!
Do I REALLY need a sarc tag?
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posted on
12/04/2017 12:00:11 PM PST
by
Maskot
(Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
To: Zakeet
This is a load of codswallop!
As Marie Harf so carefully explained little more than 2 years ago, the root cause of the rise in terrorist groups like ISIS is a lack of good jobs.
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posted on
12/04/2017 12:03:43 PM PST
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(United We Stand - Divided We Fall. Remember: Diversity is the opposite of unity.)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
12/04/2017 12:04:37 PM PST
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Zakeet
Climate Change....what DOESN’T it cause?
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posted on
12/04/2017 12:05:54 PM PST
by
oldvirginian
("Let others have the present. The future is mine."--Nikola Tesla)
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