Sunday, August 09, 2009

Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security

I've been neglecting all other issues for the health care reform debate, but admittedly, environmental changes will trump all other concerns if not addressed. This piece in the New York Times should help us all contemplate the dangers of ignoring climate change.

The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say.

Read it all at NYTimes.com

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