The Patriot Post® · Kerry: Global Warming Dwarfs All Other World Turmoil
ISIL is perpetrating genocide in Iraq; terrorists are making a comeback in Afghanistan; the Syrian civil war continues unabated; Hamas has forced Israel to take extensive retaliatory measures; Africa is desperately seeking to contain the spread of Ebola; Russia may invade Ukraine any day; illegal immigrants are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, posing a national security and health threat. These are but a few examples of global turmoil that require the focus of world leaders, but John Kerry says there’s another issue that dwarfs all of these – man-made global warming. “[T]he science is screaming at us,” he said this week in Hawaii. “If you accept that the science is causing climate to change, you have to heed what those same scientists are telling us about how you prevent the inevitable consequences and impacts. You know, that’s why President Obama has made climate change a top priority. He’s doing by executive authority what we’re not able to get the Congress to do.” Part of the reason the world is in chaos is precisely because folks like Kerry would rather talk about things they can’t control – like natural climate variables. More…