Syria’s climate-fueled conflict, in one stunning comic strip

[kpete]

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http://grist.org/climate-energy/syrias-climate-fueled-conflict-in-one-stunning-comic-strip/

[CanSocDem]

1. I have always felt...

...that comic book artists should be the official historians of the society. They're rarely afraid to illustrate the truth. And they are beholden to no one other than their own artistic vision.

Great find!


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[kpete]

2. I agree

cartoonist should be OUR HISTORIANS!!!


peace,
kp

[bullwinkle428]

3. K&R. Bernie absolutely spoke the truth regarding this issue.

[underpants]

4. Rec'd. Great summary.

[DetlefK]

5. But deposing this brutal dictator is the job of the syrian people. Sure.

Political arrests, torture-dungeons, executions, dictatorship, bombing of civilian areas... But the West has absolutely no right to oppose Assad. It's up to the syrian people to handle him.

Right.





I see Syria's future:
A russian protectorate governed by their lackey Assad and propped up by Iran. Outside of this protectorate, the sectarian warfare keeps going indefinitely.
And the torturer and killer Assad is heralded as a guarantee of stability... as long as you don't care about what happens inside his territory. But whatever happens there, it's legal. Because everybody opposing Assad is automatically a terrorist. And Assad will never be held accountable for anything.

Syria, as a nation, is dead.

Assad will rule over a garrison, not a country.

And whoever is left in Syria at this time will leave for good.

[pampango]

8. "the torturer and killer Assad is heralded as a guarantee of stability ..." Well said.

But whatever happens there, it's legal. Because everybody opposing Assad is automatically a terrorist. And Assad will never be held accountable for anything.

Syria, as a nation, is dead.

Assad will rule over a garrison, not a country.

Since day 1 of the uprising against him, Assad has been saying that anyone who opposes him is a terrorist. It was patently untrue at the time but his tactics in employing his military has made his statement more and more true as the civil war has dragged on and destroyed his country.

But, hey, he is still 'in power'. With Russian and Iranian backing, I don't think he is going anywhere. What is left of Syria for him to 'rule' is another question. At least he will protect the Russian naval base in the country and a strip of land between Damascus and Tartus.

[ish of the hammer]

9. read your history.....

It is the Syrian people's problem to modify their government. Not you and not my children. Modern Syria come out of the French mandate in 1947. How is this an American problem? Why do I care that it becomes a "russian protectorate"?

[Buzz Clik]

12. The US should depose Assad?

We have a history of doing that, and it never turns out well.

[Volaris]

13. Your last three sentences.

Nail, meet Hammer.

[valerief]

6. Terrific cartoon.

[raouldukelives]

7. K&R nt

[Dustlawyer]

10. And we have a politician that wants to shoot the Syrian refugees

In the head!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Great art & summary of the story. Note the influence of climate change. Thanks for posting! nt

[WillyT]

14. Most Excellent Post !!! - K & R !!!

Thanks for sharing this.

[navarth]

15. Coming Attractions

Coming Soon to a Country Near You.

This shows where we're ALL headed if things don't change with the climate. The refugee problem will only get worse.

[hunter]

16. Including the U.S.A....

... where it will be State vs. State, just as it was in the Dust Bowl/Great Depression days.

[Hekate]

17. People here questioned why the Pentagon was producing papers on climate change. This is why.

During the BushCheney administration the Pentagon produced an internal research paper on climate change from a military/social disruption perspective. This told me that while politicians and greedheads like Bush and Cheney were denying climate change, the Pentagon was being run by intelligent people.

I'm sure they've continued to update their research, and that it makes its way to President Obama's desk -- where he actually reads it.

[blackspade]

18. Huge K&R!

[alfredo]

19. The CIA tried to warn us about the destabilizing effects of climate change.

[wezl]

20. Stunning.......

Thanks for posting

[Electric Monk]

21. k&r

[Scuba]

22. K and effing R

[Mnemosyne]

23. Perfect. Thanks kpete. KnR nt

[tblue37]

24. KnR for visibility. nt

[Enthusiast]

25. Kicked and recommended to the Max!