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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (954931)	8/8/2016 3:17:56 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1576186

Actually, the civil wars of Arab Spring tore them apart. Of course, the roots for that go back to the summer of '10, when Hillary destroyed the world's grain supply. Climate Change and Rising Food Prices Heightened Arab Spring The effects of climate change on the food supply exacerbated the underlying tensions that have led to ongoing Middle East instability In 2010, droughts in Russia, Ukraine, China and Argentina and torrential storms in Canada, Australia and Brazil -- all major wheat and grain producers -- considerably diminished global crops, driving commodity prices up. The region was already dealing with internal sociopolitical, economic and climatic tensions, and the 2010 global food crisis helped drive it over the edge. scientificamerican.com In retrospect, it would have been a good time to give them grain, to preserve stability.