Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Is The Pentagon Wasting It's Time Looking At Climate Change 'Threat Multipliers'

Pentagon Warns Of Climate Change 'Threat Multipliers' -- Washington Examiner

The effects of climate change are "threat multipliers" that will force the Pentagon to rethink how it engages in training, missions and humanitarian aid around the world, the Defense Department said Tuesday in its Quadrennial Defense Review.

The review, released every four years, steps up calls made to address climate change in the last version. It noted climate change would "aggravate stressors" such as "poverty, environmental degradation, political instability and social tensions — conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence."

Curbing greenhouse gas emissions is tantamount to alleviating resource competition and land, home, and infrastructure destruction caused by extreme weather that has been associated with climate change, the review said. That also could affect the military's installations and operations, it added.

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My Comment: After experiencing one of the coldest winters in my life .... I say put a fork in this man-made global warming fear mongering. The earth has always had extremes in climate .... long before modern man showed up. But the Pentagon has been it told that it exists now ... hence we now have this Pentagon policy that addresses climate change and mankind's role in it .... as if it is going to make a difference in the end anyway.

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