Posted by Tina
Our Military is being bullied by climate zealots to get on board with climate change, see You Tube video of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Also the Daily Caller:
After claiming that climate denial in the US “hurts” American soldiers deployed overseas, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says it’s a “problem” that America’s “uniformed military has been reluctant” to engage in the “fight” against climate change. Whitehouse also says that the Navy is “starting to evaluate their base commanders on how well they communicate the risk of climate change”.
SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE: “The problem has been that the uniformed military has been reluctant to put its voice into– or its image into this fight. So, you’ve got the civilians, you’ve got the Quadrennial Defense Reviews, you’ve got the intelligence estimates, you’ve got the statements from our head of CINCPAC back when Admiral Locklear that this was the threat in the Pacific more than any other likely to disrupt things in a way that would disturb American interests. But, it’s hard to put a panel of people in uniform in front of the Environmental and Public Works Committee and say, you know, I’m a general, I’m an Admiral, I’m the head of the Marine Corps, we’re telling you–. What the Navy has done that’s been really interesting, Ray Maybus said he’s starting to actually evaluate his– you know, the military lives by evaluation– they’re starting to evaluate their base commanders on how well they communicate the risk of climate change about the base. So, if you’re the base commander of Norfolk, or of Naval Station Newport, or of– what is it, Cherry Creek Marine Air Station in North Carolina– you are suddenly have on your checklist of what you’re evaluated on how well you’ve communicated what the risk of climate change is. And, for those bases, for Navy bases particularly, it’s a really real risk. They’re on the sea. Sea level rise is going to swamp what they do. It’s really practical. So, when people hear it from as trusted a source as a uniformed military officer it will make a big difference, and they have not been very forward about it from the uniform side of the military. DOD has been good. Mabus has been the best.” (emphasis mine)
Still wondering why we’ve not been effective at fighting terrorism?
Terrorism has taken a back seat to the radical lefts climate/energy agenda…even in our military. Between climate change and social engineering is it any wonder we look like the weak horse in the fight? Is it any wonder the enemy has spread it’s reach to Boston, San Bernardino, Orlando….and on around the world?
This is why some of our best, most experienced people have been removed, left, or been forced out. Our military has been significantly degraded and replaced by yes men in the climate gender war.
Fundamental transformation has consequences…most are not pretty.
As a former combat veteran, and now a service-connected disabled veteran, I can tell you that a US soldier has only one mission. That is to kill enemy soldiers. No matter what the REMF’s say, that will always be the mission.
Soaps I can’t imagine what it’s been like to serve under Obama for the average soldier.
13 Hours tells one story and tells it well.
Sure hope we can bring an end to the nightmare soon.
Do you think it’s possible the military could be concerned with both climate change and terrorism?
NO!
Well, that’s ridiculous. Why not?
You thought they could fight two separate wars in two separate countries, but they can’t do this?
The Rooskies and Chinese must be laughing their @ssess off at Uncle Sucker.
And Jack, the Brown Buzzard just passed that sweeping gun control legislation. Next time you buy ammo you will have to undergo a background check.
Yes, things are bad now but I guarantee you things will get worse. These Demonrats will steal more of your liberty, privacy and money in years to come.
But like I said before, if this were the state of Jefferson you wouldn’t need to be writing about his nonsense.
bob: “The Rooskies and Chinese must be laughing their @ssess off at Uncle Sucker.”
Why? Don’t their governments also acknowledge climate change as a threat?
Nope. China and Russia do not care about air pollution. If you need proof, just take a look at live pictures from either country’s cities.
Me: “Don’t their governments also acknowledge climate change as a threat?”
J. Soden: “Nope.”
Um…yep. Both China and Russia acknowledge climate change as a threat, and are signers of the Kyoto Protocol.
Now, you may believe they are not doing enough to solve the problem of climate change (that is, if you even believe climate change *is* a problem), but that was not my question.
Why? Don’t their governments also acknowledge climate change as a threat?
Hah! That’s funny. Good one!
Why is that funny, bob?
I admit my question was rhetorical; China and Russia both *do* acknowledge climate change as a threat, and are signers of the Kyoto Protocol.
Is there a joke I’m missing?
To tell the truth, I think they have been laughing too hard about our military’s phylum fluidity to even consider global warming.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/05/fred-reed/phylum-fluidity/
The spirit of Jefferson certainly is catching on in the Western world. Brexit has brought it’s champions out of the woodwork: Italy, Austria, Denmark, France, The Netherlands and Sweden have all threatened to follow Britons lead. Talk is up again in Texas and Vermont to secede…and all we wanted was to forma new state!
FREEDOM…it’s on the march. People are fed up with socialism and globalism and environmentalism…those lefties ALWAYS go to far.
Tina: ” Brexit has brought it’s champions out of the woodwork”
No, it has brought its racists out of the woodwork.
The number of reported hate crimes has soared to five times the usual level following the Brexit vote, police have said.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/racism-hate-crimes-increase-brexit-eu-referendum-a7113091.html%3famp?client=safari#
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/02/brexit-triggers-racism-climate-of-fear
Just the latest lunacy of the left. In case you had not noticed, the left now controls the Pentagon.
OMG Tina you have flown off the Rocker.
Track Greenland. The ice melt is alarming scientists. Drastic weather occurrences are a National Security threat as well as terrorism.
Bottom Line some day you are going to have to admit you fell for the fossil fuel industry propaganda. That day will come.
Sorry but the debate is over. The bleaching of the coral reef and other evidence is all around us.
Bottom Line the Bullying by the fossil fuel and Koch types has to stop.
We can not survive without a healthy planet.
Weather is not climate any more than an one ocean wave is not the same as the tide.
Wrong Dewey. Our earth has a perfect system of balance. We are part of the balance. Conservation is wise and prudent.
Alarmist bullying is political control freak theater. The alarmists told us New York would be under water by 2015…oooops!
Could it be they are LYING to take your money and gain control over major energy sources?
Doh! That’s fascism!
By the way, another major coal company just announced 4,400 people will lose their jobs in part because of this meddling.
You are a selfish piece of work. Coal burning renders the air in Chinese cities unbreathable, but so long as our coal miners have work, this is ok?
The Chinese are backing off the coal burning, and our coal miners will, by a Dem administration, be provided the means to retrain.
Will the FBI follow through? There is a strong difference between a “report” and an “investigation.” Will the FBI fold to the political power of Obama and the Clintons or will they continue their investigation vigorously?
We have ISIS to worry about, terrorist attacks, home-grown terrorism, Illegals flooding our borders and the Obumble admin has instructed our military that global warming is more important.
Counting the days until regime change in DC!
This is the silliest thing you’ve come up with yet. I’d reckon that fully half of the military bureaucracy is concerned solely with perpetuating the military … and they waste a goddamned lot of my money. If they can be persuaded to build new facilities out of flood zones, so we don’t have to build them all over again in 60 years, I will be very pleased.