MILITARY BLASTED FOR LACKING ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS MINDSET, BEING UNPREPARED FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

A new government-funded study takes an indirect jab at President Trump for pulling out of a costly and dubious global climate accord signed by Obama and chastises the U.S. military for not possessing an “environmentally conscious mindset.” It also claims the Department of Defense (DOD) is “precariously underprepared” for the national security implications of climate change. A lengthy report published by the United States Army War College essentially blasts the DOD—and the president—for ignoring the threats that climate change poses to national security. The distinguished authors, which include Army and Air Force colonels, an Ivy League professor and other highly regarded academics, claim the national security threats include; widespread disease such as malaria, severe weather, reduced water and food supplies, mass migration and the displacement of millions of people. Of interesting note is that the masterminds of this dramatic taxpayer-funded probe admit that “the study itself did not involve original research on the nature or magnitude of climate change.” Rather the acclaimed scholars and military personnel assume, based on what they claim is a preponderance of evidence available, that significant changes in climate change have already occurred and are likely to worsen in the years ahead. “This report accepts as a core assumption the reality of climate change and climate-change related global warming,” the authors write. “Regardless of the science behind climatological projections of global warming, climate change is a controversial political issue. For the purposes of this study, we ignore that controversy.” -- More...