The Patriot Post® · Pentagon Prepares for Climate

The Pentagon may be trading defense for welfare by cutting troop size and other expenses, but it’s keeping its eye on the ball regarding climate change. The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review says, “[W]e will complete a comprehensive assessment of all installations to assess the potential impacts of climate change on our missions and operational resiliency, and develop and implement plans to adapt as required.” Climate change, warned the report, will “aggravate stressors” such as “poverty, environmental degradation, political instability and social tensions – conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence.” Well, John Kerry did call global warming a WMD. Maybe that means Vladimir Putin is just hot.