Day Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 That is a genuine WTF moment. Its not funny that a buffoon is going to be head of our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 He's going to upset them if he carries on blaming them for stuff. what next? Green fly on his roses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 He's just trying to deflect us from what everyone knows is the real cause: Overpriced Duchy of Cornwall biscuits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Charlotte Church came out with this theory on Question Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Wonder what Prince Harry's dad thinks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnram Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 You have to listen to the interview before making a judgement on his comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 23 minutes ago, bcnram said: You have to listen to the interview before making a judgement on his comments. Any footage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 He would know, as the Royal Family are a reptilian race disguised in human form he is more sensitive to this sort of thing. Now, I am off to the shops for some tinfoil, my hat needs repairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 To be fair it's not completely unreasonable for changes in local climate to lead to increased political instability, which in turn could lead to terrorism and migration from the region. Changes in climate have been a cause for war before, and this particular opinion that he's stated here isn't completely unheard of in scientific journals. Peter H. Gleick, 2014: Water, drought, climate change, and conflict in syria. Wea. Climate Soc., 6, 331–340. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcnram Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 55 minutes ago, ossieram said: Any footage? Yep, you will find it on the BBC site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 8 minutes ago, Albert said: To be fair it's not completely unreasonable for changes in local climate to lead to increased political instability, which in turn could lead to terrorism and migration from the region. Changes in climate have been a cause for war before, and this particular opinion that he's stated here isn't completely unheard of in scientific journals. Peter H. Gleick, 2014: Water, drought, climate change, and conflict in syria. Wea. Climate Soc., 6, 331–340. I read some years ago that one of the conflicts tearing Syria apart was down to the scarce availability of fresh water and political decisions on irrigation, i.e. letting areas who tend to be pro-government get all the funding at the expense of places more likely to be anti-government. Obviously there are religious and political conflicts as well, but water supply (or rather lack of it) was one of the many contributing factors to the misery that country is now enduring. Prince Charles is still an over privileged buffoon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 It's not unreasonable at all. When it's put in a soundbite like that for the twitter generation (is anything that takes more than 140 characters to say worth saying?), it sounds ridiculous. But in terms of human conflict, the environment, and specifically resources, has and will play an important role - whether it's Leibensraum, wars over oil or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Hasn't the drought hit Iraq, Iran and Turkey harder than Syria? Also didn't the Syria war also start over politics? Forgive me for my ignorance of I'm wrong here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 6 minutes ago, Daveo said: Hasn't the drought hit Iraq, Iran and Turkey harder than Syria? Also didn't the Syria war also start over politics? Forgive me for my ignorance of I'm wrong here. What is politics if it isn't a struggle over resources? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 5 minutes ago, Daveo said: Hasn't the drought hit Iraq, Iran and Turkey harder than Syria? Also didn't the Syria war also start over politics? Forgive me for my ignorance of I'm wrong here. It's all relative to local circumstances, but if you're interested you can read the paper I posted. Here is a PDF of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 6 minutes ago, Daveo said: Hasn't the drought hit Iraq, Iran and Turkey harder than Syria? Also didn't the Syria war also start over politics? Forgive me for my ignorance of I'm wrong here. One of the contributing factors to the political unrest that led to a movement to overthrow the dictatorship was water supply. So yes, it was politics, but if you look at the underlying causes of the political unrest its..........feckin complicated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Not seen that one, thought it was all anti war protests which started in Tunisa which Syrians then copied over anger dating back years over . Like I say forgive my ignorance, never look into things like this as others do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 8 minutes ago, Daveo said: Not seen that one, thought it was all anti war protests which started in Tunisa which Syrians then copied over anger dating back years over . Like I say forgive my ignorance, never look into things like this as others do. Factors in most conflicts are far more complicated than most really want to talk about. In any such case, can we get a new thread title as: "Go home Prince Charles, I'm drunk, but your institution is still a relic!"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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