Sunday, May 13, 2007

Climate Change is a National Security Issue - PDF click on

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Page One of the Transmittal Letter, in the left column are the names of the generals that assessed the security issues surrounding Climate Change. Their signatures are at the bottom.

Climate Change and National Security (click here)
Global Warming Is a 'Threat Multiplier,' Say Former Military Officials
Climate change will cause dwindling freshwater supplies, food shortages, political instability and other conflicts that U.S. military strategists should be planning for now, several former high-ranking military officials told Congress on Wednesday.
"Our view is that climate change could be a threat multiplier in every global region," Gen. Charles F. Wald, the former deputy commander for the U.S. European Command, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee....