Vincent J. Curtis
5 Sept 23
RE: Drought, conflict and climate change. Op-ed by Anthony Alexiou. Alexious is the found and principal of a geopolitical risk advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. The Hamilton Spectator 5 Sept 23.
Iran and Afghanistan nearly go the war, and it’s our fault. Somalia, a failed state since 1991, has refugee camps because of ‘the drought and the conflict,” and it’s our fault. Migrations in the Sahel in western Africa is our fault. Droughts and floods in the Horn of Africa is our fault. It’s our fault because of climate change, and we’re responsible for that.
In consequence and penance, we have to take the flood of climate refugees. That’s the message Anthony Alexiou has for us. The West has the capacity to absorb and adapt to climate change, but people from these other regions do not; and so we have to take them in.
Canada is not the cause of climate change; it’s not our fault; if Canada disappeared tomorrow it would have no effect whatever on global temperature in 2100. Doesn’t matter; Canada is still taking in 500,000 refugees a year, and despite the housing crisis, Alexiou seems to be forecasting our having to take in more. Because of our sins against climate.
If some natural disaster hit North America,
who would feel obliged to take us in?
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