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| Dos Equis:
Good grief. :-[ Obama warns Coast Guard cadets global warming a national security ‘threat’ Published May 20, 2015 FoxNews.com At a time when the U.S. military is facing threats on multiple fronts -- most immediately, the advances of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, where the terror group recently seized Ramadi -- President Obama told U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates that climate change needs to be added to that list of threats. "This is not just a problem for countries on the coast or for certain regions of the world. Climate change will impact every country on the planet. No nation is immune," the president said. "So I am here today to say that climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country. And so we need to act -- and we need to act now." The president delivered the message at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The president in recent months has pressed for action on global warming as a matter of health, as a matter of environmental protection and as a matter of international obligation. He even couched it as a family matter, linking it to the worry he felt when one of his daughters had an asthma attack as a preschooler. His speech to the cadets, by contrast, focused on what the Obama administration says are immediate risks to national security, including contributing to more natural disasters that result in humanitarian crises and potential new flows of refugees. Further, the president said he sees climate change aggravating poverty and social tensions that can fuel instability and foster terrorist activity and other violence. Obama said the cadets would be part of the first generation of officers to begin their service in a world where it is increasingly clear that "climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip and protect their infrastructure." As for the impact in the U.S., Obama pointed to streets in Miami and Charleston, S.C., that flood at high tide and to military bases around the country already feeling negative effects. "Around Norfolk, high tides and storms increasingly flood parts of our Navy base and an air base," Obama said of military facilities in Virginia. "In Alaska, thawing permafrost is damaging military facilities. Out West, deeper droughts and longer wildfires could threaten training areas our troops depend on." With the Republican-led Congress resistant to Obama's push for more environmental regulation in response, the president has been using executive orders to cut greenhouse gas emissions and making the issue a theme of speeches. But his climate change agenda has drawn strong political opposition and a number of legal challenges. Many of the GOP presidential candidates for 2016 have said that taking unilateral steps to address climate change could hurt the U.S. economy. Obama's appearance at the Coast Guard Academy was his second and last commencement address of the season after speaking earlier this month at a community college in South Dakota. The president traditionally delivers a commencement address every year to one of the service academies. Later Wednesday, he was visiting Stamford, Conn., for a Democratic fundraiser at a private home, with about 30 supporters contributing up to $33,400 each. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/20/obama-to-warn-coast-guard-cadets-global-warming-national-security-threat/ |
| Necrosis:
--- Quote from: Dos Equis on May 20, 2015, 02:56:21 PM ---Good grief. :-[ Obama warns Coast Guard cadets global warming a national security ‘threat’ Published May 20, 2015 FoxNews.com At a time when the U.S. military is facing threats on multiple fronts -- most immediately, the advances of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, where the terror group recently seized Ramadi -- President Obama told U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduates that climate change needs to be added to that list of threats. "This is not just a problem for countries on the coast or for certain regions of the world. Climate change will impact every country on the planet. No nation is immune," the president said. "So I am here today to say that climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country. And so we need to act -- and we need to act now." The president delivered the message at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The president in recent months has pressed for action on global warming as a matter of health, as a matter of environmental protection and as a matter of international obligation. He even couched it as a family matter, linking it to the worry he felt when one of his daughters had an asthma attack as a preschooler. His speech to the cadets, by contrast, focused on what the Obama administration says are immediate risks to national security, including contributing to more natural disasters that result in humanitarian crises and potential new flows of refugees. Further, the president said he sees climate change aggravating poverty and social tensions that can fuel instability and foster terrorist activity and other violence. Obama said the cadets would be part of the first generation of officers to begin their service in a world where it is increasingly clear that "climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip and protect their infrastructure." As for the impact in the U.S., Obama pointed to streets in Miami and Charleston, S.C., that flood at high tide and to military bases around the country already feeling negative effects. "Around Norfolk, high tides and storms increasingly flood parts of our Navy base and an air base," Obama said of military facilities in Virginia. "In Alaska, thawing permafrost is damaging military facilities. Out West, deeper droughts and longer wildfires could threaten training areas our troops depend on." With the Republican-led Congress resistant to Obama's push for more environmental regulation in response, the president has been using executive orders to cut greenhouse gas emissions and making the issue a theme of speeches. But his climate change agenda has drawn strong political opposition and a number of legal challenges. Many of the GOP presidential candidates for 2016 have said that taking unilateral steps to address climate change could hurt the U.S. economy. Obama's appearance at the Coast Guard Academy was his second and last commencement address of the season after speaking earlier this month at a community college in South Dakota. The president traditionally delivers a commencement address every year to one of the service academies. Later Wednesday, he was visiting Stamford, Conn., for a Democratic fundraiser at a private home, with about 30 supporters contributing up to $33,400 each. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/20/obama-to-warn-coast-guard-cadets-global-warming-national-security-threat/ --- End quote --- This is common knowledge, worsening storms (more energy in the system), rising sea levels, increases in drought as we have seen etc etc. Only a fool would suggest otherwise. |
| Dos Equis:
--- Quote from: Necrosis on May 21, 2015, 12:28:54 PM ---This is common knowledge, worsening storms (more energy in the system), rising sea levels, increases in drought as we have seen etc etc. Only a fool would suggest otherwise. --- End quote --- Only a fool would not only call this a national security threat, but mention it in the same context with ISIS. Embarrassing. |
| Necrosis:
--- Quote from: Dos Equis on May 21, 2015, 12:30:47 PM ---Only a fool would not only call this a national security threat, but mention it in the same context with ISIS. Embarrassing. --- End quote --- So it is not a national security threat? Think before you answer as the pentagon, military and many generals are all in agreement that this is a significant issue that can destabilize many regions. I know you think the globe is cooling and 6000 years old but it's not. |
| Dos Equis:
--- Quote from: Necrosis on May 21, 2015, 12:33:13 PM ---So it is not a national security threat? Think before you answer as the pentagon, military and many generals are all in agreement that this is a significant issue that can destabilize many regions. I know you think the globe is cooling and 6000 years old but it's not. --- End quote --- I know you think the globe is about to explode and is 1 trillion years old, but it's not. No I don't think it's a national security threat. Did you read somewhere that the Pentagon, military, and many generals say that global warming is a threat to our national security? If so, can you link me? |
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