Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us

Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters..
A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.

The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.

'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'

The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. Experts said that they will also make unsettling reading for a President who has insisted national defence is a priority.

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

And when it comes to global warming, our scientists will figure out what's wrong and change it. You might ask why, and I'll tell you because we have a little something called the American spirit in my corner of the world. There is nothing impossible to conquer. There is no obstacle too big to overcome. When something stands in the way of having a good time, we Americans get the job done. The climate is no big deal. Even if we have to develop new ways to build our buildings to withstand storms or whatever, w

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[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Agreed. The Observer is a little "Fleet Street" than the Guardian, but they have some reasonable editorial commentary.

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[Captain Splendid]

Hey, what else you gonna read on a Sunday?