tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596842032410918820.post2377466547459728283..comments2023-09-02T09:29:19.983-04:00Comments on The Global Atlas: Syria’s Chemical WarColin Wolfganghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327733781179096064noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596842032410918820.post-73249642847186676882013-08-22T19:16:54.807-04:002013-08-22T19:16:54.807-04:00Not to mention the ten years over which it took pl...Not to mention the ten years over which it took place. Syria is on pace to reach that, however, which is astounding given its much smaller population.Vicky Kelbererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396723285231666546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596842032410918820.post-84668657162373979562013-08-22T19:05:58.400-04:002013-08-22T19:05:58.400-04:00Hey anonymous, I was speaking to the number of dis...Hey anonymous, I was speaking to the number of displaced persons in the amount of time the war has gone on. If you take a look at the best analogies of Middle Eastern civil wars - Lebanon and Iraq - neither reached this magnitude in two years. In fact, the number of refugees alone stemming from Iraq 06-07 took twice as long to reach even the conservative estimates of the amount of Syrian refugees so far. Comparing Syria to the Iraq-Iran war is has little merit due to the interstate nature of the latter conflict.Vicky Kelbererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396723285231666546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596842032410918820.post-59240618269893887802013-08-22T18:48:16.908-04:002013-08-22T18:48:16.908-04:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_Displaced_...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_Displaced_Persons_in_IraqAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596842032410918820.post-8254173575705826012013-08-22T14:53:28.097-04:002013-08-22T14:53:28.097-04:00I think what Vicky was getting at with that classi...I think what Vicky was getting at with that classification is the magnitude of life lost AND displacements. In the only area of the MENA region with tiny countries all packed next to each other, refugee flows become a huge problem both for the sender country and the small, economically-weak receiving state(s).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16490278375421328871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1596842032410918820.post-28649228137534205282013-08-22T02:05:53.593-04:002013-08-22T02:05:53.593-04:00It's not really unprecedented for the region. ...It's not really unprecedented for the region. An example being Iran Iraq war took an estimated million lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com