"Obama would have made change real if he had switched gears and done an Iraqi airlift. "
Are you supporting Greater Iran, in addition to Putin? Iran would have made change real if Obama switched gears and took out our troops . The time to pull out was the day before we went in, not after we destroyed the army that was the only counterbalance to Iran in the region. We broke it, we own it.
Where he should have done an airlift was in Syria. Cudda used ships, too. We needed to feed the starving peasants before they revolted.
Water, Drought, Climate Change, and Conflict in Syria
Peter H. Gleick
Pacific Institute, Oakland, California
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Abstract
The devastating civil war that began in Syria in March 2011 is the result of complex interrelated factors. The focus of the conflict is regime change, but the triggers include a broad set of religious and sociopolitical factors, the erosion of the economic health of the country, a wave of political reform sweeping over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Levant region, and challenges associated with climate variability and change and the availability and use of freshwater. As described here, water and climatic conditions have played a direct role in the deterioration of Syria’s economic conditions. There is a long history of conflicts over water in these regions because of the natural water scarcity, the early development of irrigated agriculture, and complex religious and ethnic diversity. In recent years, there has been an increase in incidences of water-related violence around the world at the subnational level attributable to the role that water plays in development disputes and economic activities. Because conflicts are rarely, if ever, attributable to single causes, conflict analysis and concomitant efforts at reducing the risks of conflict must consider a multitude of complex relationships and contributing factors. This paper assesses the complicated connections between water and conflict in Syria, looks more broadly at future climate-related risks for water systems, and offers some water management strategies for reducing those risks.
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