Pentagon Climate Change Report Alarming

UK newspaper The Observer obtained a secret report by the Pentagon that projects a horrific future for the planet due to the influence of global climate change. According to the report, As early as 2020 major European cities will be lost beneath the sea and the climate of the UK will resemble the current climate of Siberia.

Pentagon adviser Andrew Marshall commissioned The report, which paints an apocalyptic future consisting of anarchy, nuclear threats, dwindling food and water, limited access to energy--a collective threat that dwarfs terrorism. "Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life," the report says. "Once again, warfare would define human life." The report also recommends that climate change "be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a US national security concern."

Chief World Bank scientist Bob Watson asks the question, "Can Bush ignore the Pentagon?"
He answers himself:

It's going be hard to blow off this sort of document. It's hugely embarrassing. After all, Bush's single highest priority is national defense. The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then he has to act. There are two groups the Bush Administration tend to listen to, the oil lobby and the Pentagon.

Global warming, or, more accurately, global climate change, still has detractors. GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz calls it a "crock of shit." Think Progress has a clip of pundit Mary Matalin on CNN calling all this climate change business a hoax. In a measured, elegant response, blogger Dr. Monkey von Monkerstein of Monkey Muck takes Matalin to task on the issue.