First Politifact and now Factcheck.org goes after Bernie Sanders on climate change and terrorism

[Cali_Democrat]

First it was Politifact:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251818481

Now Factcheck.org smacks down Bernie:

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Fact check: Bernie Sanders on climate link to terrorism
Robert Farley, FactCheck.org 5:15 p.m. EST November 17, 2015


Sen. Bernie Sanders went too far with his debate claim that “climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.” One study concluded that man-made climate change likely worsened a drought in Syria and contributed to instability there. But the report stops short of drawing a direct causal link between climate change and the Syrian civil war, let alone between climate change and terrorism.

As the study’s lead author told us via email, the research “doesn’t deal with terrorism.”

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But there is a complex web of causal factors behind the Syrian conflict and the Islamic State terrorism that has emerged from it. A study concluded that global warming “increased the probability” of a severe drought, a drought which contributed to displacement and mass migration, which contributed to instability, which may have contributed to violent conflict. But increasing the probability of a possible factor in a conflict isn’t the same as being a “directly related” cause for terrorism. The evidence so far does not support Sanders’ claim.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/11/17/fact-check-bernie-sanders-climate-link-terrorism/75950720/