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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskey_Clear" data-source="post: 320528" data-attributes="member: 735"><p>[USER=1640]@Northeast Stinger[/USER] </p><p></p><p>I don't find the DOD paper to be a compelling case regarding this issue. To begin with it was in response to a Congressional request of DOD risk assessment based off the ASSUMPTION that climate change IS occurring and thus what would be the biggest concerns for respective commands.</p><p></p><p><em>"The Senate Appropriations Committee requested the report in conjunction with the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015, asking that the undersecretary of defense for policy provide a report that identifies the most serious and likely climate-related security risks for each combatant command and the ways those commands integrate risk mitigation into their planning processes."</em></p><p></p><p>Not only does the above basically request DOD to assume climate change is occurring, it's also asking for worst case scenario planning.</p><p></p><p><em>“The Department of Defense's primary responsibility is to protect national security interests around the world,” officials said in a news release announcing the report’s submission. “This involves considering all aspects of the global security environment and planning appropriately for potential contingencies and the possibility of unexpected developments both in the near and the longer terms.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em>The paper actually cites this a risk assessment based on "unexpected possibilities."</p><p></p><p><em>"It is in this context,” they continued, “that the department must consider the effects of climate change -- such as sea level rise, shifting climate zones and more frequent and intense severe weather events -- and how these effects could impact national security.”</em></p><p></p><p>This paper does nothing to further the AGW debate. The congressional request for it is a brilliant way for alarmists to misuse it to further pull the wool over their flock's eyes. Basically it's asking the pentagon for a worst case scenario risk assessment in order to then say "See!!! Even our military says AGW is a national security risk!!" Come on man. Your smart enough to recognize this.</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whiskey_Clear, post: 320528, member: 735"] [USER=1640]@Northeast Stinger[/USER] I don't find the DOD paper to be a compelling case regarding this issue. To begin with it was in response to a Congressional request of DOD risk assessment based off the ASSUMPTION that climate change IS occurring and thus what would be the biggest concerns for respective commands. [I]"The Senate Appropriations Committee requested the report in conjunction with the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015, asking that the undersecretary of defense for policy provide a report that identifies the most serious and likely climate-related security risks for each combatant command and the ways those commands integrate risk mitigation into their planning processes."[/I] Not only does the above basically request DOD to assume climate change is occurring, it's also asking for worst case scenario planning. [I]“The Department of Defense's primary responsibility is to protect national security interests around the world,” officials said in a news release announcing the report’s submission. “This involves considering all aspects of the global security environment and planning appropriately for potential contingencies and the possibility of unexpected developments both in the near and the longer terms. [/I]The paper actually cites this a risk assessment based on "unexpected possibilities." [I]"It is in this context,” they continued, “that the department must consider the effects of climate change -- such as sea level rise, shifting climate zones and more frequent and intense severe weather events -- and how these effects could impact national security.”[/I] [I][/I] This paper does nothing to further the AGW debate. The congressional request for it is a brilliant way for alarmists to misuse it to further pull the wool over their flock's eyes. Basically it's asking the pentagon for a worst case scenario risk assessment in order to then say "See!!! Even our military says AGW is a national security risk!!" Come on man. Your smart enough to recognize this. [I] [/I] [/QUOTE]
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