Violence against Iraqi Sunnis has reached very high levels, as it appears as if the political situation in the country is rapidly deteriorating. The Sunnis, once the dominant political group under both British imperial rule and the Saddam Hussein regime, are chafing under the rule of the Shias even though the Shia account for 60% of the population. The Iraqi government has been working more closely with the Iranian government, and the Sunni see very little chance of being accorded full legitimacy under the current government. Hope for a fully democratic Iraq seems to be rapidly fading.
Even though the world just broke through the 400 parts per million barrier of Carbon Dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, it does not appear as if governments are taking the threat of clikmate change very seriously. Great Britain just drastically reduced the size of the government staff responsible for helping the people of Great Britain adapt to climate change. It seems as if the office responsible for making the adaptations was “spooking” investors. The budget crisis in the UK is also responsible for the staff reductions.
Michael Walzer is one of the most thoughtful scholars in the field of international ethics. He has written a very sobering essay on the situation in Syria. It does not really offer a solution, but does offer a way to think about a possible solution to the tragedy.
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