Global warming poses a 'serious threat to America's national security' and the military should act now to minimize the destabilizing consequences of rising temperatures, a panel of retired generals and admirals warned Monday. Shortages of food and water could cause weak governments to collapse, increasingly severe natural disasters could draw U.S. forces into humanitarian missions in volatile areas, and melting Arctic ice could spark territorial disputes over shipping routes and natural resources. (Los Angeles Times, Tuesday)
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. –H.L. Mencken.
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