Correction, Please!
Is Global Warming the Greatest Threat to National Security?
The new enemy: According to liberals such as Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), climate change is the new existential threat facing humanity, and it is behind terrorism and wars worldwide. (Photo credit: AP Images)
Item: During the November 14, 2015 presidential debate hosted by CBS, Senator Bernie Sanders was asked, “In the previous [debate] you said the greatest threat to national security was climate change. Do you still believe that?” To which Sanders responded, “Absolutely. In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism. And if we do not get our act together and listen to what the scientists say you’re gonna see countries all over the world — this is what the C.I.A. says, they’re gonna be struggling over limited amounts of water, limited amounts of land to grow their crops. And you’re gonna see all kinds of international conflict.”
Item: In his November 16, 2015 op-ed for the New York Times, following the deadly Paris terror attacks, economist Paul Krugman stated, “Finally, terrorism is just one of many dangers in the world, and shouldn’t be allowed to divert our attention from other issues. Sorry, conservatives: when President Obama describes climate change as the greatest threat we face, he’s exactly right. Terrorism can’t and won’t destroy our civilization, but global warming could and might.”
Item: In a speech delivered at Old Dominion University in Norfolk on November 10, Secretary of State John Kerry said global warming is a threat to national security. “We have to prepare ourselves for the potential social and political consequences that stem from crop failures, water shortages, famine and outbreaks of epidemic disease,” he said. “And we have to heighten our national security readiness to deal with the possible destruction of vital infrastructure and the mass movement of refugees — particularly in parts of the world that already provide fertile ground for violent extremism and terror.”
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