And requires tragedy on the level of dead children on beaches to extract even vague promises action from certain heads of state.
It's not surprising, of course. Because the actions of those "certain heads of state" (mine included) are at least in part what caused this "sudden" refugee crisis in the first place.
I'm noticing a growing number of voices (most recently, via Scientific American, trying to a-politically pin the blame on climate change while completely ignoring western money and arms that have fanned the flames in Syria (and so many other places).
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Re: Exactly
Date: 2015-09-04 07:23 am (UTC)It's not surprising, of course. Because the actions of those "certain heads of state" (mine included) are at least in part what caused this "sudden" refugee crisis in the first place.
I'm noticing a growing number of voices (most recently, via Scientific American, trying to a-politically pin the blame on climate change while completely ignoring western money and arms that have fanned the flames in Syria (and so many other places).
Sorry. Yes, atrocious is the right word.